✦ History

Greco-Turkish War (1897)

April 17 – May 20, 1897

Result Ottoman victory

Ended by Treaty of Constantinople (1897)

Greece and the Ottoman Empire fought over Crete. The Ottomans won on land in Thessaly, but under pressure from the great powers Crete became autonomous.

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Battles 2

April 27 – May 6, 1897
Battle of Velestino 1st Battle: Greek victory Velestino Edhem Pasha, Mahmud Muhtar Paşa
May 17, 1897
Battle of Domokos Ottoman victory Domokos Edhem Pasha, Constantine I of Greece

Key commanders

Ottoman Empire 6

Edhem Pasha military commander Abdul Hamid II belligerent leader Ahmed Niyazi Bey military commander Hasan İzzet Paşa belligerent leader Ahmed Hifzi Pasha belligerent leader Mahmud Muhtar Paşa military commander

Greece 1

Constantine I of Greece military commander

Kingdom of Greece 3

Constantine I of Greece belligerent leader Konstantinos Sapountzakis belligerent leader Thrasyvoulos Manos military commander