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Tsar Nicholas I
Calls Ottomans a "Sick Man"
1853 |
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“We have on our hands a sick man, a very sick man.”
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, 1853
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Capture of Ottoman
Caliph Abdul Hamid by Young Turks
1909 |
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Ottoman Empire
Aligns Itself with Central European Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary)
1914 |
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Dismantled by Treaty
of Sevres
August 10, 1920 |
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Treaty of Lausanne
Officially Recognizes the Republic of Turkey
1923 |
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