Eastern Question

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diplomatic issue historical phenomenon international political problem

The Eastern Question was a 19th-century diplomatic and political problem concerning the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the struggle among European powers to control its territories and influence.

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Label	Occurrences
Eastern Question canonical	23
Eastern Question diplomacy	1
Eastern question	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic issue ⓘ historical phenomenon ⓘ international political problem ⓘ
addressedBy	Concert of Europe ⓘ Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878) Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
aimedAt	maintaining European balance of power ⓘ
concerns	balance of power in Europe ⓘ control of Ottoman territories ⓘ control of strategic straits ⓘ influence over the Near East ⓘ partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ status of Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
drivenBy	Austro-Russian rivalry in the Balkans ⓘ decline of Ottoman military power ⓘ rise of nationalism in the Balkans ⓘ rivalry between Russia and Britain ⓘ
endCause	dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
hasGeographicFocus	Balkans ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Turkish Straits system ⓘ surface form: Straits of Bosporus and Dardanelles
hasPart	Bosnian Crisis ⓘ Bulgarian Question ⓘ Congress of Berlin ⓘ Cretan Question ⓘ Crimean War ⓘ Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 ⓘ Greek War of Independence ⓘ Macedonian Struggle ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Question Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ surface form: Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
involves	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Balkans ⓘ surface form: Balkan states Bulgaria ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Montenegro ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Romania ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Serbia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
mainTopic	decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedTo	Balkan Wars ⓘ Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 ⓘ Great Game ⓘ World War I ⓘ
significantPeriod	19th century ⓘ
startTime	late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crimean War → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Greek War of Independence → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Russo-Turkish Wars → relatedTo → Eastern Question ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1856) → relatedTo → Eastern Question ⓘ

Danubian Principalities → associatedWith → Eastern Question ⓘ

Treaty of San Stefano → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Treaty of Berlin (1878) transfer of Batum to Russian Empire → relatedTo → Eastern Question ⓘ

Macedonian Struggle → historicalContext → Eastern Question ⓘ

Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → historicalContext → Eastern Question ⓘ

War of Independence (1877–1878) → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Congress of Berlin → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Bulgarian Question → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Cretan Question → diplomaticArena → Eastern Question ⓘ

Cretan Question → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Bosnian Crisis → relatedTo → Eastern Question ⓘ

Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Black Sea campaign of the Crimean War → relatedTo → Eastern Question ⓘ

Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities in 1853 → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Second French Empire–British alliance in Crimean War → hasCause → Eastern Question ⓘ

Principality of Montenegro → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ

Tancred → mainThemes → Eastern Question ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern question

Albanian National Awakening → historicalContext → Eastern Question ⓘ

British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire → involvedIn → Eastern Question ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Question diplomacy

Treaty of Ayastefanos → partOf → Eastern Question ⓘ