Middle East 535
Participants: 220 France/640 Turkey
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This is the Morea expedition against the Ottoman Empire, undertaken by
France in light of growing sympathy for Greece in their war of independence. After
conclusion of the Battle of Navarino Bay (MID#146), France accepted England’s
advice and, on July 19, 1828, agreed to send an expeditionary force to Morea, the
antiquarian name of the Peloponnese peninsula. Their goal was to expel Ibrahim
Pasha from the area.
After arriving on Petaldi at the end of August, they were able to accomplish this
objective. A convention was signed on September 7, 1828, whereby Ibrahim signaled
that he would leave. The evacuation started on the 16th of that same month and was
completed by October 5. Ibrahim Pasha left but still bickered over ownership of for-
tresses at Navarin, Coron, Rhion and Modon. He argued they were still Turkish, but
the French nonetheless seized them and handed them to the Greeks. Rhion was the
only fortress that put up a minor fight but was eventually quelled on October 30.
Coding changes: End Date changed from August 28, 1828.
MID#153
Started in June 1833. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/365 Russia dyad
dispute list.
MID#377
Dispute Number: 377
Date(s): April 1852 to July 1852
Participants: 220 France/640 Turkey
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: France wanted the Ottomans to give control of religious sites in the Near
East to the Latin monks. To force the issue, the French ambassador sailed a warship
through the Dardanelles, and a French squadron threatened to bombard Tripoli. Tur-
key gave in to French demands.
Coding changes: End Date changed from June 1852.
MID#141
Started in June 1880. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/640 Turkey dyad
dispute list.
MID#228
Dispute Number: 228
Date(s): March 1881 to May 12, 1881
Participants: 640 Turkey/220 France