
Proposal for Eastern and Western Bulgarian Vilayets of 1876, presented during the Istanbul Conference (Shipyard Conference)【1】, was an administrative reform proposal calling for the reorganization of existing provincial boundaries in Ottoman Rumelia by establishing an Eastern Vilayet with its center in Tırnova and a Western Vilayet with its center in Sofya. This proposal emerged within the context of European powers’ diplomatic interventions and reform efforts concerning Ottoman Rumelia between
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Mehmet Salih Çoban

The 1806–1812 Ottoman-Russian War was a comprehensive conflict lasting six years between the Ottoman State and Russia, centered on territorial dominance and influence in the Balkans and the Caucasus, as well as security in the Black Sea. It concluded with the Treaty of Bucharest. The war began when Russian forces occupied Moldavia and Wallachia after the Ottomans replaced the pro-Russian voivodes of these regions without Russian consent. Sieges of fortresses along the Danube such as Ismail and S
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Mehmet Salih Çoban