Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire
45 entries in the Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire compendium.
31 March incidentAn uprising against the CUP in Constantinople, suppressed by the Action Army.1904 Sasun uprisingArmenian self-defense against Ottoman forces in 1904 Sasun.1913 Euphrates rebellionThe 1913 Euphrates rebellion led by Mudbir al-Far'un against Ottoman rule.1913 Ottoman coup d'étatCUP raid on Sublime Porte forced government change.1915 uprising in KarbalaArab uprising in Karbala against Ottoman rule, June 1915.Abaza rebellionA 17th-century Ottoman uprising against the janissary corps.Uprising of Dervish CaraA 19th-century Albanian uprising against Ottoman Tanzimat reforms.Arab RevoltHashemite-led uprising against Ottoman rule in World War I.Armenian resistance during the Armenian genocideArmenian resistance combined humanitarian aid and rare armed uprisings.Atçalı Kel Mehmet revoltZeybek who briefly ruled Aydın while remaining loyal to the Padishah.Atmeydanı incident1647 mutiny of janissaries and sipahis at Constantinople's Hippodrome.Auspicious IncidentForced disbandment of the janissary corps by Sultan Mahmud II.Battle of the Cahul (1574)Ottoman-Crimean forces crushed the Moldavian-Cossack revolt at Cahul Lake.Beylerbeyi eventFirst Ottoman military revolt killing civil servants over currency debasement.Bosnian Battle of Kosovo (1831)Bosnian victory over Ottoman forces near Lipljan in 1831.Bosnian uprising (1831–1833)Revolt of Bosnian Ayans against Ottoman reforms, defeated in 1832.Brsjak revoltA Christian revolt in Ottoman Macedonia, suppressed after a year.Celali rebellionsAnatolian bandit-led uprisings against Ottoman rule.Chiprovtsi uprisingA 1688 Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule, crushed after Belgrade's fall.Çınar incidentA 1656 Ottoman rebellion over unpaid salaries and devaluation.Edirne IncidentA 1703 janissary revolt that deposed Sultan Mustafa II.First Tarnovo UprisingA 1598 Bulgarian uprising against Ottoman rule, quickly crushed.Georgian rebellions against Ottoman and Persian ruleGeorgian resistance against Ottoman and Persian domination in the 16th–18th centuries.Gorna Dzhumaya UprisingAnti-Ottoman rebellion in Pirin Macedonia, 1902.Great Eastern CrisisA Balkan crisis that reshaped Ottoman and European power.Hauran Druze RebellionDruze uprising against Ottoman centralization in 1909.Hejaz rebellionOttoman victory over Hejaz uprising triggered by anti-slavery edict.1916 uprising in HillaArab uprising against Ottoman rule in Hilla, November 1916.Wallachian uprising of 1821A revolt against Phanariote rule that sparked Romanian national awakening.Uprising in BanatA 1594 Serb rebellion against Ottoman rule in Banat.Kurdish rebellions during World War IKurdish uprisings in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.Kresna–Razlog uprisingAnti-Ottoman Bulgarian uprising in late 1878 and early 1879.Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising1903 revolt for autonomy in Macedonia and Thrace.Skanderbeg's rebellionA 25-year Christian-led revolt against Ottoman rule in Albania.Karposh's rebellionChristian anti-Ottoman uprising in the Central Balkans, October 1689.Karak revoltAn uprising against Ottoman conscription and disarmament in Transjordan.1876 Ottoman coup d'étatBloodless coup that began the First Constitutional Era.Uprising of Konstantin and FruzhinEarliest Bulgarian uprising against Ottoman rule.Ottoman coups of 1807–1808Reform attempts sparked a cycle of coups and counter-coups.Uprising in VučitrnSerb peasant revolt in Vučitrn during the Austro-Turkish War.Kalender Çelebi rebellionA 1527 Alevi-led revolt in Eastern Anatolia against Ottoman rule.Priest Jovica's RebellionChristian peasant uprising in Bosnian Posavina, March 1834.Second Tarnovo UprisingA disputed 1686 Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule in Tarnovo.1806 Edirne incident1806 clash over Selim III's New Order army.1894 Sasun rebellionArmenian resistance in Sasun against Hamidiye forces.
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