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Siege of Adrianople (1913)
Part of Second Balkan War
Date22 July - 23 July 1913
LocationEdirne
Result Ottoman victory.
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire  Kingdom of Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Enver Pasha Vulko Velchev
Strength
up to 200,000 4,000


Siege of Adrianople (1913) between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War and resulted in the Ottoman Empire recaptured Edirne.[1][2]

History[]

The Ottoman army under the command of Enver Pasha entered Edirne on 22 July 1913. Edirne, Kırklareli and Dimetoka were taken back. In the Second Balkan War, the Bulgarians could not show much resistance as they were attacked from every region. and Edirne came under Turkish rule again. The Ottoman Empire won its last victory in the Balkans and did not lose a great deal of territory in Thrace until the First World War. Against the capture of the city by the Ottoman forces on July 21, the re-inclusion of Edirne in the Ottoman lands became official only with the Treaty of Istanbul signed with the Kingdom of Bulgaria on September 29, 1913.[3]

References[]

  1. Cirilli Gustave, Journal de Siege D'Andrinople Librairie Chapelot (Paris, 1913)
  2. Cemal Paşa; Hatıralar, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, (Istanbul, 2001)
  3. Edirne Tarihi - Edirne’nin Yaşadığı İşgaller ,Ahmet Usal (2006)


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