Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
The Austro-Turkish War (1716-1718) was fought between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz was not an acceptable long-standing agreement for the Ottoman Empire. Twelve years after Karlowitz, the Turks began the long term prospect of taking revenge for their defeat at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. First, the Turkish Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet's army defeated Peter the Great's Russian Army in the Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711). Then during the Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718), the Ottoman Grand Vizier Damat Ali re-conquered the Morea from the Venetians. As a reaction as the guarantor of the Treaty of Karlowitz, Austria threatened the Ottoman Empire, causing the Turks to declare war in April 1716.