Aslantaş, Selim

The Treaty of Hünkar İskelesi (Khünkār İskelesi) was a pact for an eight-year defensive alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, signed on 19 Safar (Ṣafar) 1249/8 July 1833. In 1245/1830, the Ottomans confronted severe political turmoil, triggered by the revolt of the gov…

The Treaty of Edirne (also known as the Treaty of Adrianople), which ended the Russo-Ottoman War of 1244–5/1828–9, was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and Russia on 15 Rebiülevvel (Rabīʿ I)/14 September 1829. Ottoman-Russian relations had deteriorated in the 1820s, and even…