Siege of Adrianople (1913)
| Siege of Adrianople (1913) | |||||||||
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| Part of Second Balkan War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Tsardom of Bulgaria | ||||||||
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Enver Pasha Talat Pasha Ahmet İzzet Pasha | Vulko Velchev | ||||||||
The siege of Adrianople was a 1913 siege by the Ottoman Empire of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne, Turkey), which was defended by Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War. The Ottoman Empire recaptured Edirne.[1][2]
History
The Ottoman army under the command of Enver Pasha entered Adrianople on 22 July 1913. Edirne, Kırklareli and Dimetoka were taken back. The Bulgarians could not show much resistance as they were being attacked from every region, and Edirne (Adrianople) came under Turkish rule again. The Ottoman Empire won its last victory in the Balkans and did not lose a great deal of territory in Thrace until the First World War. Against the capture of the city by the Turkish forces on July 21, the re-inclusion of Edirne in the Ottoman lands became official only with the Treaty of Constantinople (1913) signed with the Kingdom of Bulgaria on September 29, 1913.[3]