Siege of Adrianople (1913)

For engagements on other dates, see Battle of Adrianople (disambiguation).

The siege of Adrianople was a 1913 siege by the Ottoman Empire of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne, Turkey), which was defended by Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War. The Ottoman Empire recaptured Edirne.^{[1][page needed][2][page needed]}

Siege of Adrianople (1913)
Part of Second Balkan War
Date 22–23 July 1913 Location Edirne Result Ottoman victory Territorial changes In addition to Edirne, Kırklareli and Dimetoka join the Ottoman lands.
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Tsardom of Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Enver Pasha Talat Pasha Ahmet İzzet Pasha	Vulko Velchev

History

The Ottoman army under the command of Enver Pasha entered Adrianople on 22 July 1913. Edirne, Kırklareli and Dimetoka were taken back. The Bulgarians could not show much resistance as they were being attacked from every region, and Edirne (Adrianople) came under Turkish rule again. The Ottoman Empire won its last victory in the Balkans and did not lose a great deal of territory in Thrace until the First World War. Against the capture of the city by the Turkish forces on July 21, the re-inclusion of Edirne in the Ottoman lands became official only with the Treaty of Constantinople (1913) signed with the Kingdom of Bulgaria on September 29, 1913.^{[3][full citation needed]}