1914 ⟶ Ottoman Empire carries out genocides against Assyrian Christians

Ottoman Empire carries out genocides of several communities,...

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1912

1913

1914

1915

💥 Balkan Wars: Ottoman Defeat

Balkan wars. The coalition of four Balkan countries defeat Ottoman Empire (Turkey).⟶

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Serbia

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🇹🇷 Young Turks' Raid on the Sublime Porte

Putsch by the Committee of Union and Progress ("CUP") faction of the Young Turks, known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte, results in resignation of Grand Vizier. In control of the government, CUP withdraws from the London Peace Conference and moves the empire close to Germany in the approach to war.⟶

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💔 Bulgarian Massacres by the Young Turk Government

Bulgarians were massacred by the Young Turk government under the Ottoman Empire. 50,000–60,000 Thracian Bulgarians were murdered, which was around 20% of the Bulgarian population in Thrace at that time. Most of the villages with a Bulgarian population were destroyed and the survivors expelled from their places of origin.[3][4]⟶

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😭 Ottoman Empire carries out genocides against Assyrian Christians

Ottoman Empire carries out genocides of several communities, such as Assyrian Christians.[5] 200,000 to 275,000 were killed.[6][7] About half of the Assyrian population in the Ottoman Empire perished.[8]⟶