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Events relating to the turks
The Straits Convention, agreed between the European powers and Turkey, is a concerted attempt to prop up the Ottoman empire
France demands that Turkey should end Russia's exclusive control of the Christian Holy Places in the Ottoman empire
Russia occupies two Ottoman principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, on the west coast of the Black Sea
In the expectation of British and French support, the Ottoman sultan declares war on Russia - launching the Crimean War
Britain and France enter the war between Turkey and Russia, on the Turkish side
After a siege of nearly a year the Russians abandon Sebastopol, but the Turkish alliance is too exhausted to pursue the conflict
The Turkish sultan finally allows the Christians of Bulgaria to have their own Orthodox patriarch
Turkish irregular soldiers, the ferocious bashibazouks, massacre some 15,000 Bulgarian civilians
William Gladstone's pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors, protesting at massacre by the Turks, sells 200,000 copies within a month
A congress in Berlin agrees that Austria may administer the Turkish province of Bosnia-Herzegovina
A secret revolutionary group (Union and Progress, later known as the Young Turks) is formed in Salonika in the Ottoman empire
The Young Turks of Salonika organize a successful uprising against the autocracy of the Ottoman sultan
Austria annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, in response to the policy of the Young Turks in Istanbul
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria declares his country's independence from Ottoman rule and calls himself Tsar Ferdinand I
Italy finds a reason to invade Libya, a province of the Turkish empire.
A national uprising against Turkish rule in Albania launches a full-scale Balkan war
An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia
An armistice agreed between the Ottoman empire and three of the Balkan states ends the war in the Balkans
The Balkan states and the Ottoman empire agree an armistice in Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War
A coup led by Enver Pasha brings the Young Turks to power in Istanbul
Calouste Gulbenkian earns his nickname – Mr Five Percent – from the share he receives for negotiating oil deals in the Ottoman empire
The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate
Germany and the Ottoman empire sign a secret treaty of alliance
Russia declares war on the Ottoman empire
Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman empire
