The Great Turkish War comprised a series of military engagements between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League, which included the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia, and the Kingdom of Hungary. The conflict escalated in 1683 and concluded with the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. This war marked a significant defeat for the Ottoman Empire, which, for the first time, ceded considerable territories in Hungary and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as parts of the western ... (Read More)