<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Ottoman Empire participated in World War I as one of the Central Powers . The Ottoman Empire entered the war by carrying out a surprise attack on Russia's Black Sea coast on 29 October 1914, with Russia responding by declaring war on 5 November 1914 . Ottoman forces fought the Entente in the Balkans and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I . The Ottoman Empire's defeat in the war in 1918 was crucial in the eventual dissolution of the empire in 1921 . </P> <P> The Ottoman entry into World War I began on 29 October 1914 when it launched the Black Sea Raid against Russian ports . Following the attack, Russia and its allies (Britain and France) declared war on the Ottomans in November 1914 . The Ottoman Empire started military action came after three months of formal neutrality, but it had signed a secret alliance with the Central Powers in August 1914 . </P> <P> The political reasons for the Ottoman Sultan's entry into the war are disputed . and the Ottoman Empire was an agricultural state in an age of industrialized warfare, Also, the economic resources of the empire were depleted by the cost of the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 . </P>

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