near east
Set up there own independent states
The Ottoman Empire has always been been an imperial power as opposed to a colonial power, so while it has had periods of expansion (with numerous former kingdoms in its empires), it has never had colonies. As for what happened in these culturally distinct imperial territories, this depends entirely on the period. In the 19th and 20th centuries nearly all of them rose up against the Ottoman Empire and desired to form nation-states or more localized monarchies.
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Most European countries thought that the Ottoman Empire was in its death throes. As Russian, English, and French empires expanded in the 19th century, that expansion came at the expense of the Ottoman Empire which continued to contract.
The Ottoman Empire was on the side of the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire). Japan was on the side of the Allies (France, England, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Belgium, Italy, Romania, the United States, Japan, Portugal, Brazil, and Greece).
near east
Set up there own independent states
There's Balkan peninsula separating Italy and Turkey (former Ottoman Empire) but the sea is called the Mediterranean. When the Ottoman Empire controlled the Balkans, the Adriatic Sea separated the Italian states like Venice, Tuscany, the Papal States, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from the Ottoman Empire.
many of them gained independence from the ottoman empire (which fell apart at the end of WW1).
He ws a former Ambassador of the US to the Ottoman Empire, Army Major and Lieutenant General of the Confederate States.
The Serbs gained limited self-government in the Ottoman Empire.
The Entente Powers consisted primarily of the following: France Belgium The British Empire The United States Italy Greece Japan Along with various Balkan states and what is now the Eastern Bloc. (Not "now" exactly, but I trust you understand my meaning.) The Central Powers were: Bulgaria The Ottoman Empire The German Empire The Austro-Hungarian Empire
Republic of Turkey
The Ottoman Empire was a Sunni Islamic Theocratic Empire. Its main opponents were Christian states, although it also opposed a number of Islamic States.
The Ottoman Empire expanded by conquering territory from neighboring states. In some cases, such as the Byzantine Empire (and all of its Despotates), the Sultante of Rum, the Empire of Trebizond, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, and several Balkans States, were entirely consumeed by the Ottoman Empire. Others such as the Hungarian Empire and Romania were not entirely conquered but lost some lands.
The Ottoman Empire has always been been an imperial power as opposed to a colonial power, so while it has had periods of expansion (with numerous former kingdoms in its empires), it has never had colonies. As for what happened in these culturally distinct imperial territories, this depends entirely on the period. In the 19th and 20th centuries nearly all of them rose up against the Ottoman Empire and desired to form nation-states or more localized monarchies.
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