October 17, 1912: In the early phase of the First Balkan War, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece jointly declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
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With the mediation of the major European powers, peace negotiations took place in London from December 1912. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of London on May 30, 1913.
The Ottomans renounced all European territories west of the line between Midia on the Black Sea and Enez on the Aegean coast, and their centuries-long rule on the Balkan Peninsula came to an end within a few months.
Image: Contemporary cartoon by the Danish cartoonist Alfred Schmidt on the First Balkan War: Four figures representing Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro try to collapse the Sublime Gate (Danish: Porten) on which Sultan Mehmed V with his harem sits.
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