With the Treaty of Berlin signed in 1878 under these conditions, a great portion of the Ottoman lands were lost and a heavy war compensation was mandated. Britain agreed to help in return for a base in Cyprus. In order to alleviate the damage of the war, the sultan asked for help from England. Three months later, the 1877 Ottoman-Russian War resulted in one of the greatest disasters in Turkish-Islamic history. Eventually, Mithat Pasha was sacked in January.
He thought Britain would help, but he was wrong. To achieve this goal, he urged people to take to the streets and hold demonstrations in favor of the war. The Lonely Empress: a Biography of Elizabeth of Austria.Leading pro-constitution statesman Mithat Pasha, who also served briefly as Sultan Abdülhamid’s grand vizier, favored going to war with Russia.Preface to Recipes from Vienna: 1933, Evelyn Bach, Cobden-Sanderson.Haslip was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her books were generally regarded as accurate and fairly complete, although at times falling prey to "outdated interpretations". She also worked for the Italian section of the BBC from 1941 to 1944. In addition, she was a regular journalist for the London Mercury, the Daily Mail, Evening News, and The Illustrated London News. Her first book, Out of Focus, appeared in 1931 among her other notable publications are biographies of Lady Hester Stanhope (1934) and Charles Stewart Parnell (1937). She was born in London and educated in London, Paris, and Florence. Joan Haslip (1912–1994) was an author of historical books, often focusing on European royalty. JSTOR ( June 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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