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1914
 
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The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate     
1914 August 2
 
  
Germany and the Ottoman empire sign a secret treaty of alliance     
1914 November 2
 
    
Russia declares war on the Ottoman empire       
1914 November 5
 
     
Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman empire        
1914 November 23
 
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A British force seizes the Turkish port of Basra, to safeguard the supply of Persian oil      
1915  May
 
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from May - hundreds of thousands of Armenians die as the Turks forcibly remove them from their homelands     
1915
 
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from July - the Russians advance through Turkish Armenia and push west into Anatolia as far as Trabzon     
1915 November 22
 
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A British and Indian force is defeated by the Turks at Ctesiphon, on the bank of the Tigris       
1916  April 29
 
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The British garrison at Kut, on the Tigris, surrenders to the Turks after a five-month siege      
1916 June 5
 
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Sharif Hussein, the emir of Mecca, proclaims himself the leader of the Muslim world, thus launching an Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire