They did by the Treaty of Serves, 1920.
They wanted to control its prior territory.
AnswerThe Turks were the rulers of the Ottoman Empire.
Europeans began to search for a water-based trade route to Asia. APEX;)
The only part of the Ottoman Empire not taken over by Europeans is the area that is now Turkey.
Yes, the Ottoman Empire, at one point, controlled Cyprus.
The Ottoman Empire once controlled Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.
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Europeans had to find new trade routes to the East because the Ottoman Empire controlled and taxed existing routes.
The Ottoman Empire emerged in what is now Turkey after which of these groups lost control of the area?
Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1923 with the rise of latter state Turkey. Turkey was founded in 1923.1922
They wanted control of the Ottoman Territories.
Modern thinkers in Europe in the 1850's took a negative view about the Ottoman empire. Europeans saw the Ottoman's as a divided nation and lacked the European idea of nationalism or national unity. A uniform set of laws were not national and were segregated by tribes and special interest groups. Europeans also believed that the Ottoman's lacked a scientific community and had no respect for human rights.