Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)

Cretan Revolt of 1897-1898
	Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) and the Cretan revolts
	; Cretan rebel leaders in early 1897
Date	January 1897 - October 1898
Location	Eyalet of Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Crete, Greece)
Result	Cretan-allied victory Ottoman withdrawal from Crete; Establishment of the Cretan State;
Belligerents
Cretan revolutionaries; ; Supported by:; Kingdom of Greece; ; International Squadron:; United Kingdom; France; Italy; Russian Empire; Austria-Hungary (until March 1898); German Empire (until November 1897)	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Eleftherios Venizelos; Prince George; Theódoros Deligiánnis; Timoléon Vassos; Robert Harris	Abdul Hamid II; George Berovich; Turhan Pasha Përmeti; Edhem Pasha

The Cretan Revolt of 1897–1898 was a successful insurrection by the Greek population of Crete against the rule of the Ottoman Empire after decades of rising tensions. The Greek insurrectionists received supplies and armed support first from the Kingdom of Greece; then later from the Great Powers: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia. The conflict ended in 1898 with Cretan-allied victory and Ottoman retreat when the Great Powers cut their funding and proposed a resolution which stipulated:

The Island of Crete become an autonomous state under the nominal sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire, with the Prince George of Greece as governor.
The Ottoman Empire recognize the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Greece.
The Kingdom of Greece recognize the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire.

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