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883 matches to Turkish War
Eastern Question. 19-20C. Instability caused by decline of Turkish rule led to Crimean War and WWI.
Fifteen Years War. 1591-1606. Austria vs Turkey over Transylvania. Stopped Turkish expansion in Europe.
Ghaznavid. 977-1186. Turkish dynasty in Iran, Afghanistan, India.
Hamid II, Abdul. 1842-1915. Despotic Turkish Sultan, 1876-1909.
Hatt-i Humayun. 1856. Turkish reform act, forced by major powers, but not always enforced.
Ingres, Dominique. 1780-1867. French classical painter: Grande Odalisque 1814. Turkish Bath 1860.
Inönü, Ismet. 1884-1974. Turkish military leader, Prime Minister 1923-37, 1961-5. President 1938-50.
Khazar. 6C-965. Turkish empire in SE Russia.
Mandate, League of Nations. Territory controlled by outside power. E.g. ex-German colonies, non-Turkish ex-Ottoman lands. 1946- UN Trusteeship.
Mehmed. Turkish equivalent of Muhammad.
Menderes, Adnan. 1899-1961. Turkish Prime Minister 1950-60. Executed for dictatorship.
Midhat Pasha. 1822-83. Turkish Vizier. First Ottoman constitution 1876.
Moscow Treaty. 1920 Baltic Liberation. 1921 Turkish frontiers. 1970 W Germany, USSR renounce force.
Nicaea. 4C BC Greco-Turkish city. Now Izmik.
Osman I. 1258-1326. Turkish founder of Ottoman Empire 1299. Conquered Byzantium.
Ottoman Empire. 1300-1922. Turkish empire in Balkans, Near East, N Africa. Conquered Byzantine Empire. 1402 Destroyed by Tamerlane. 1413 Rebuilt by Mehmed. 1453 Conquered Constantinople. Eastern Question. Mehmed II. Süleiman the Magnificent. Turkey.
Saracoglu, Sükrü. 1887-1953. Turkish Prime Minister 1942-6. Atatürk ally.
Seljuks. 1075-1242. Turkish dynasty ruled Caliphate Empire. Attacks vs Byzantines led to Crusades. Nucleus for Ottoman Empire.
Timurids. 15C. Turkish dynasty established by Tamerlane. Prosperous to 1447, then anarchy. Established Mogul dynasty in India 1526-.
Aarau Treaty. 1712. Ended Swiss War.
Abel, Frederick. 1827-1902. English inventor of military explosive cordite with Dewar, 1889.
Abyssinia-Italy War. 1894-6. Ended Italian colonialism.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
Achinese War. 1873-1904. Dutch defeat Moslems in Sumatra.