Which treaty in 1699 ended the Great Turkish War?

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The Treaty of Karlowitz ended the Great Turkish War in 1699. Signed on 26 January 1699 at Karlowitz, now Sremski Karlovci in Serbia, it concluded the long conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League.

The war had begun in 1683 when the Ottomans failed to capture Vienna. After their defeat at the Battle of Zenta in 1697, Ottoman negotiators faced Austria, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, and Russia. The treaty forced the empire to surrender extensive territory in Central Europe, including most of Ottoman Hungary and Transylvania's former Ottoman sphere, to the Habsburg monarchy.

Karlowitz is often treated as a major turning point because it marked the end of roughly three centuries of Ottoman expansion in Europe and the beginning of sustained territorial retreat. Russia did not sign the same final settlement: negotiations continued under a truce and produced the Treaty of Constantinople in 1700. The Treaty of Passarowitz, another option, came later in 1718.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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