Ottoman Empire casualties of war

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The following is a tabulation of Ottoman Empire casualties of war.

1853 to 1918

Conflict	Start	End	Military Dead	Civilian Dead	Total Dead
World War I	1914	1918	771,844^[1]	2,500,000^[2]^[3]	3,271,844
Second Balkan War	1913	1913	4,000^[4]		4,000
First Balkan War	1912	1913	125,000^[5]	1,500,000^[6]^[7]	1,625,000
Italo-Turkish War	1911	1912	15,000^[8]^[9]		15,000
Greco-Turkish War (1897)	1897	1897	1,300^[10]		1,300
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	1877	1878	120,000^[11]	400,000^[12]	520,000
April Uprising of 1876	1876	1876	4,000		4,000
Crimean War	1853	1856	45,400		45,400

1787 to 1841

Conflict	Start	End	Military Dead	Civilian Dead	Total Dead
Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)	1839	1841	4,000		4,000
Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833)	1831	1833	5,000		5,000
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	1828	1829	20,000^[13]		20,000
Greek War of Independence	1821	1829		60,000^[14]	60,000
Wahhabi War	1811	1818	12,000^[15]		12,000
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	1806	1812	100,000^[16]		100,000
Serbian Revolution	1804	1817	80,000^[17]		80,000
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)	1787	1792	130,000^[18]		130,000

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References

↑ Erickson, Edward J., Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood 2001. ISBN 978-0-313-31516-9 p. 211
↑ Totten, Samuel, Paul Robert Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs (eds.) Dictionary of Genocide. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008, p. 19. ISBN 978-0-313-34642-2.
↑ Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik. Moscow. ISBN 978-5-93165-107-1. pp. 61, 65, 73, 77–78 (In current borders Turkey 500,000; Syria 160,000; Lebanon 110,000; Iraq 150,000; Israel/Palestine 35,000 and Jordan 20,000)
↑ Hall 2000 , p. 119
↑ Erickson 2003 , p. 329
↑ McCarthy, Justin. "1912–1913 Balkan Wars, Death and Forced Exile of Ottoman Muslims" (PDF). tc-america.org.
↑ Hupchick, Dennis P., The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism. p. 321.
↑ Lyall, Jason (2020). "Divided Armies": Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War. Princeton University Press. p. 278.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts: World War I: A Student Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2005, ISBN 1-85109-879-8, p. 946.
↑ Dumas, Samuel; Vedel-Petersen, K. O. Losses of life caused by war. Clarendon Press. p. 57.
↑ Мерников А. Г.; Спектор А. А. (2005). Всемирная история войн. Мн.: Харвест. ISBN 985-13-2607-0.
↑ Library Information and Research Service. The Middle East, abstracts and index, Part 1 (1999), Northumberland Press, sf. 493 Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine , During that war nearly 400000 Rumelian Turks were massacred. About a million of them who fled before the invading Russian armies took refuge in the Thrace, lstanbul and Westem Anatolia
↑ Jaques & Showalter 2007, p. 550.
↑ William St. Clair. That Greece Might Still Be Free The Philhellenes in the War of Independence. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-19-215194-0, p. 43
↑ The era of Muhammad Ali. Abd al Rahman al Rafai. p. 127
↑ "Nineteenth Century Death Tolls".
↑ Protić 1893.
↑ "Victimario Histórico Militar".

Sources

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Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
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[Erickson,_Edward_J._2001._p._211-1] Erickson, Edward J., Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood 2001. ISBN 978-0-313-31516-9 p. 211

[Totten,_Samuel_2008,_p._19-2] Totten, Samuel, Paul Robert Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs (eds.) Dictionary of Genocide. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008, p. 19. ISBN 978-0-313-34642-2.

[3] Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik. Moscow. ISBN 978-5-93165-107-1. pp. 61, 65, 73, 77–78 (In current borders Turkey 500,000; Syria 160,000; Lebanon 110,000; Iraq 150,000; Israel/Palestine 35,000 and Jordan 20,000)

[Hall119-4] Hall 2000 , p. 119

[Erickson329-5] Erickson 2003 , p. 329

[tc-america_org-6] McCarthy, Justin. "1912–1913 Balkan Wars, Death and Forced Exile of Ottoman Muslims" (PDF). tc-america.org.

[google.com-7] Hupchick, Dennis P., The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism. p. 321.

[JHY-8] Lyall, Jason (2020). "Divided Armies": Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War. Princeton University Press. p. 278.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[student-9] Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts: World War I: A Student Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2005, ISBN 1-85109-879-8, p. 946.

[Losses_of_life_caused_by_war2-10] Dumas, Samuel; Vedel-Petersen, K. O. Losses of life caused by war. Clarendon Press. p. 57.

[Мерников_Спектор-11] Мерников А. Г.; Спектор А. А. (2005). Всемирная история войн. Мн.: Харвест. ISBN 985-13-2607-0.

[12] Library Information and Research Service. The Middle East, abstracts and index, Part 1 (1999), Northumberland Press, sf. 493 Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine , During that war nearly 400000 Rumelian Turks were massacred. About a million of them who fled before the invading Russian armies took refuge in the Thrace, lstanbul and Westem Anatolia

[FOOTNOTEJaquesShowalter2007550-13] Jaques & Showalter 2007, p. 550.

[clair-14] William St. Clair. That Greece Might Still Be Free The Philhellenes in the War of Independence. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-19-215194-0, p. 43

[Muhammad_Ali_p._127-15] The era of Muhammad Ali. Abd al Rahman al Rafai. p. 127

[16] "Nineteenth Century Death Tolls".

[FOOTNOTEProtić1893-17] Protić 1893.

[militari-18] "Victimario Histórico Militar".

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