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The Italo-Turkish War was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from September 29, 1911, to October 18, 1912. As a result of this conflict, the Ottoman Turks ceded the provinces of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica to Italy. These provinces together formed what became known as Libya.
Tripoli was the only city of size in Ottoman Libya (then known as Tripolitania Eyalet) at the end of the 17th century and had a population of about 30,000. The bulk of its residents were Moors, as city-dwelling Arabs were then known.
Ottoman Tripolitania: 1551–1911: Italian colonization: Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica: 1911–1934: Italian Libya: 1934–1943: Allied occupation: 1943–1951: Kingdom of Libya: 1951–1969: Libya under Muammar Gaddafi: 1969–2011: First Civil War: 2011: National Transitional Council: 2011–2012: General National Congress: 2012–2014 ...
The Karamanli dynasty (also spelled Caramanli or Qaramanli) was an autonomous dynasty that ruled Ottoman Tripolitania from 1711 to 1835. Their territory comprised Tripoli and its surroundings in present-day Libya. At its peak, the Karamanli dynasty's influence reached Cyrenaica and Fezzan, covering most of Libya.
During the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, the Italians were portrayed as the liberators of Libya from Ottoman rule, concurrently concealing any evidence of repression campaigns and massacres during the war, such as the ones following the battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt.
The Kingdom of Italy, seeking to conquer Libya from the Ottoman Empire, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 29 September 1911, starting the Italo-Turkish War.After the declaration of war, an Italian naval squadron under Admiral Luigi Faravelli was sent to patrol the Libyan coast, especially the waters off Tripoli; the Italian government wanted the fleet to bombard the forts of Tripoli, but ...
Ottoman Tripolitania: 1551–1911: Italian colonization: Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica: 1911–1934: Italian Libya: 1934–1943: Allied occupation: 1943–1951: Kingdom of Libya: 1951–1969: Libya under Muammar Gaddafi: 1969–2011: First Civil War: 2011: National Transitional Council: 2011–2012: General National Congress: 2012–2014 ...
The 3 main historical subdivisions of Libya. Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries. Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces, then into three governorates and after World War II into twenty-five districts ().