ottoman empire
Mehmed V Mehmed V was Sultan (king) of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He declared war on the Allies in 1914. He died just before the end of the war in 1918.
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reason of joining wwiThe Ottoman Empire had strong economic ties to Germany and signed a military alliance with Germany in 1914 and the entrance into the war led to the eventual downfall of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of the country of Turkey in 1923.
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