The ottoman empire joined forces with the entente central axis allied powers during world war i.

The ottoman empire joined forces with the central powers during world war I.

World War I was mainly fought between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. The Ottoman Empire decided to ally on the side of the Central Powers in 1914. At the moment of its entrance, the Empire's economy was in a tight rope, and its society was not at its best, and they figured that joining on the side of the Central Powers would benefit them at the end. But the Ottoman government got it wrong because the end of the war led to its eventual downfall until the Empire was finally disintegrated.

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