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Few Kiwis today know much about one of our main First World War enemies, the Ottoman Empire - a sophisticated but often forgotten empire whose soldiers fought against New Zealand troops for four years in the Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine campaigns.

The Ottoman Empire came under attack in wars fought in Libya and the Balkans between 1911 and 1913.

Enver Pasha, the Ottoman Minister for War, reacted to the mobilisation of the Russian Army by ordering the Ottoman Army to prepare for war in August 1914.

How the Ottoman Empire fared during the First World War

Turkey has always denied accusations that in 1915 the Ottoman authorities committed genocide against their Armenian subjects.

As the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War in 1914 the loyalty of its Arab subjects could no longer be taken for granted.

The rise of its Arab subjects against the Ottoman Empire in the later years of the First World War saw them fight alongside the British forces, though ultimately they were betrayed by the Allies.

The Armistice of 31 October 1918 ended the fighting between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies but did not bring stability or peace to the region.

Map showing the Ottoman Empire at the start of the First World War.

A Bulgarian officer gives water to a wounded Ottoman soldier during the First Balkan War, 1912.

Cartoon depicting the European 'Great Powers' struggling to stop the Balkan wars boiling over, 1912-1913.

Bulgarian bayonet charge depicted by artist Jaroslav Veshin, 1913.

Generals Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (left)and İsmet İnönü pictured before the Battle of Dumlupinar in August 1922.

The Ottoman Empire's representatives at the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres, 10 August 1920.

Ottoman infantry pass through the city of Aleppo in Syria, circa 1914.

Kurdish cavalry used by the Ottoman Army against Russian forces during the Caucasus campaign.

Turkish visitors pose in front of the memorial to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at Canakkale, 2009.

Ottoman light artillery in action at Harcira in Palestine, 1917.

Ottoman soldiers, date unknown.