Contemporary Era

Ottoman Empire (end)

1914 AD – 1922 AD · peak 1914 AD

The Ottoman Empire, ruled by the Ottoman dynasty from Constantinople, entered World War I as part of the Central Powers in 1914. During the conflict, the government perpetrated the Armenian Genocide starting in 1915, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people. The empire was partitioned by the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920, and the sultanate was abolished in 1922 during the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Capital: Istanbul