Italian Cyrenaica

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Was an Italian Colony in modern-day Libya created during the Italo-Turkish War and merged with nearby colonies to form Italian Libya in 1933.

Establishment

October 1912: On 18 October 1912, Italy and the Ottoman Empire signed the First Treaty of Lausanne, ending the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Turks ceded the provinces of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica to Italy. These provinces together formed what became known as Libya. The Dodecanese was not officially ceded but was never returned from Italy to Turkey.

Chronology

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1. Italo-Turkish War

Was a war beteen the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire caused by Italian colonial ambitions. It resulted in the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese and of the Libyan coast (the interior was nominally ceded to Italy but not under its control).

1.1.Treaty of Lausanne (1912)

Was the peace treaty that ended the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire ceded Libya to Italy. The Dodecanese was not ceded by the Ottomans, but it was under Italian military occupation and was not given back.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1926: Giarabub was part of the Kingdom of Egypt until December 1925, when it was ceded to the Kingdom of Italy as part of the agreement to fix the Egyptian-Libyan border.

January 1932: The Kufra district was nominally attached to British-occupied Egypt until 1925, but in fact, remained a headquarters for the Senussi resistance until conquered by the Italians in 1931.