The Great Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 began in the Ottoman Empire's territories on the Balkan peninsula in 1875, with the outbreak of several uprisings and wars that resulted in the intervention of international powers, and was ended with the Treaty of Berlin in July 1878.
Serbian soldiers attacking the Ottoman army at Mramor, 1877
The Batak massacre carried out by Ottoman irregular troops in Bulgaria in 1876
Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.
Photo by Abdullah Frères
A portrait of Sultan Abdulaziz
Sultan Abdulaziz during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1867.
Imperial Coach used by Sultan Abdulaziz during his visit to Paris, London and Vienna in 1867, currently at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul.