Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire was a vast, multiethnic Islamic empire that dominated much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa from the late 13th century until its dissolution after World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state
empire
former country
sultanate
administrativeSystem millet system
alliance Central Powers
alsoKnownAs Ottoman Empire
surface form: Devlet-i ʿAlīyye-i ʿOsmānīyye

Ottoman Empire
surface form: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu

Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman State
capital Bursa
Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Edirne
Istanbul
captured Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
capturedEvent Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
surface form: Fall of Constantinople
capturedYear 1453
claimedTitle Caliph of all Muslims
coatOfArms Ottoman coat of arms
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
currency Ottoman lira
akçe
kurus
dissolved 1 November 1922
dominantIn North Africa
Balkans
surface form: Southeast Europe

Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
endTime 1922
ethnicComposition multiethnic
firstRuler Osman I
flag red flag with white crescent and star
foundedBy Osman I
governmentForm absolute monarchy
theocratic monarchy
headOfStateTitle Caliph
Sultan
historicalRegion Asia Minor
surface form: Anatolia

Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Levant

North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

Mesopotamia
importantCity Baghdad
Belgrade
Cairo
Damascus
Salonika
Sarajevo
Smyrna
importantPort Alexandria
Algiers
Tripoli
Tunis
lastSultan Mehmed VI
legalSystem Kanun
Sharia
legislature Ottoman Parliament
majorWar Balkan Wars
Battle of Lepanto
Crimean War
Fall of Constantinople
Great Turkish War
Long Turkish War
Russo-Turkish Wars
World War I
memberOf Dar al-Islam
militaryUnit Janissaries
namedAfter Osman I
navalPower Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
notableReform Tanzimat
Young Turk Revolution
notableRuler Bayezid I
Mehmed II
Murad I
Orhan
Selim I
Suleiman the Magnificent
officialLanguage Ottoman Turkish
partOf Islamic world
peakTerritorialExtent 16th century
precededBy Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine Empire (in Anatolia and Balkans)

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
religion Sunni Islam
religiousComposition multireligious
rulingDynasty Ottoman dynasty
startTime 1299
late 13th century
successor Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Bulgaria
surface form: Kingdom of Bulgaria

Kingdom of Greece
Iraq
surface form: Kingdom of Iraq

Romania
surface form: Kingdom of Romania

Saudi Arabia
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Serbia
surface form: Kingdom of Serbia

Lebanon
Libya
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Albania
surface form: Republic of Albania

Cyprus
surface form: Republic of Cyprus

Egypt
surface form: Republic of Egypt

Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey

Israel
surface form: State of Israel

Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

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Mehmed VI countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Mehmet Akif Ersoy countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Moshe Cordovero countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Mother Teresa countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Teresa countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Mother Teresa
Murad I countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Nedim countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Nur-ud-Din Pasha countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Omar Pasha countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Orhan Çelebi countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Selim I countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Tevfik Fikret countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Yosef Karo countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Ziya Gökalp countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Yusuf al-Khalidi countryOfOrigin Ottoman Empire
Edgar Manas culturalContext Ottoman Empire
Persians culturalInfluence Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Vlach (Aromanian people)
Mimar Davud Agha culture Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha culture Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman
Herod's Gate currentStructureBuiltBy Ottoman Empire
Joseph Karo deathPlace Ottoman Empire
Mehmed II deathPlace Ottoman Empire
Tevfik Fikret deathPlace Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)
Diriyah destroyedBy Ottoman Empire
Diwani script developedIn Ottoman Empire
Sephardi Jews dispersedTo Ottoman Empire
Knights Hospitaller enemy Ottoman Empire
Osman I eponymOf Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Military College era Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: late Ottoman Empire
Charles XII of Sweden exileLocation Ottoman Empire
Moriscos expelledDestination Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman territories
Second Bulgarian Empire fellTo Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire followedBy Ottoman Empire
Mamluk Sultanate followedBy Ottoman Empire
Mamluk rulers of Egypt followedBy Ottoman Empire
British Iraq Mandate follows Ottoman Empire
Qajar Iran foreignInfluenceFrom Ottoman Empire