Empire Ottoman 1915
The ottoman entry into world war i began on 29 october 1914 when it launched the black sea raid against russian ports.
Empire ottoman 1915. Download our mobile app for on the go access to the jewish virtual. Map of pre 1948 palestine. It also was a desperate effort to save a once great empire. Other events of 1915 list of years in the ottoman empire.
The ottoman empire began at the very end of the 13th century with a series of raids from turkic warriors known as ghazis led by osman i a prince whose father ertugrul had established a power base in söğüt near bursa turkey osman and his warriors took advantage of a declining seljuq dynasty which had been severely weakened by the mongol invasions. Early victories against the ottoman empire from the winter of 1914 to the spring of 1915 saw significant gains of territory including relieving the armenian bastion resisting in the city of van in may 1915. During the world war i. The following lists events that happened during 1915 in the ottoman empire.
The 1915 massacre of armenians by ottoman turks was more than a systematic ethnic purge. Toynbee which compiled statements from eyewitnesses from other countries including germany italy the netherlands sweden and switzerland who similarly attested to armenians in the ottoman empire during 1915 1916. Map of pre 1948 palestine. United nations based on maps in cmd.
The russian empire s response to the bombardment of its black sea naval ports was primarily a land campaign through the caucasus. Table of contents roman empire hebron. April 24 the deportation of armenian notables from. Following the attack russia and its allies britain and france declared war on the ottomans in november 1914.
L empire ottoman a duré de 1299 à 1923 soit plus de six siècles. The ottoman empire started military action after three months of formal neutrality but it had signed a secret alliance with the central powers in august 1914. Turkey the successor state of the ottoman empire denies the word genocide as an accurate term for the mass killings of armenians that began under ottoman rule in 1915.