World history

World history

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Also known as Kemalism is the principle that defines the basic characteristics of the Republic of Turkey. These principals are republicanism, populism, secularism, reformism, nationalism and statism. ...

The Committee of Union and Progress

History; World history

It was a secret circle of liberal-minded students in the imperial military medical school in Istanbul who aspired to overthrow the autocratic regime of Sultan Abdülhamit II.It was transformed into a ...

The Ottoman Interregnum

History; World history

It began in 1402, when chaos reigned in the Ottoman Empire following the defeat of Sultan Bayezid I by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur (Tamerlane). Although Mehmed Çelebi was confirmed as sultan by ...

Battle of Chaldiran

History; World history

It took place in the eastern Anatolia, near lake Van in 1514, ended by the Ottoman's victory over the Safavid Empire of Persia. As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern ...

The Treaty of Karlowitz

History; World history

It was signed on January 26, 1699 in Sremski Karlovci, a town in modern-day Serbia, concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683-1697 in which the Ottoman side had finally been defeated at the Battle of ...

The Treaty of Zuhab

History; World history

It was an accord signed between Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire on May 17, 1639.The treaty divided territories in the Middle East by granting Yerevan in the southern Caucasus to Iran and all of ...