from middle ages until twentieth century, today s austria , turkey core regions within larger empires. austria seat of house of habsburg , turkey ruled house of osman (also known ottoman dynasty). habsburg , ottoman states both large multi-ethnic conglomerations sustained conquest. these rival empires waged frequent wars against each other on control of central europe , balkans.
during peak, ottoman empire threatened conquer austrian capital of vienna twice: in 1529 , 1683. after second ottoman defeat @ vienna , end of great turkish war in 1699, however, habsburgs gained upper hand, , captured hungary , croatia ottomans. after these gains, austria no longer able advance balkans, because of rival influence of russia, in stalemate , dispute known eastern question. while ottoman control in balkans declined, austrians not able annex new territory until bosnia in 1908, , caused diplomatic crisis (the bosnian crisis). in interim, russia had helped several nationalties in balkans rebel against ottomans , create separate nation-states in balkans. after culmination of changes greek war of independence (1821–1829) balkan wars (1912–1913) austrian , ottoman empires no longer bordered each other. allowed both join central powers allies during first world war. defeat of central powers lead overthrow of both monarchies.
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