The Middle Eastern theatre of World War I saw action between 30 October 1914 and 30 October 1918. The combatants were, on one side, the Ottoman Empire, with some assistance from the other Central Powe
A timeline of events on the Eastern and Middle-Eastern theatres of World War I
The Gallipoli Campaign, February–April 1915
War Minister Ismail Enver of the Ottoman Empire
Austrian troops marching up Mount Zion in Jerusalem, 1916
During World War I, several Kurdish rebellions took place within the Ottoman Empire. The rebellions were preceded by the emergence of early Kurdish nationalism and Kurdish revolts in Bitlis in 1907 an
Ahmed Izzet Pasha, c. 1913