Constantinople Conference

Constantinople Conference
	Conference delegates
Native name	Tersane Konferansı
Date	23 December 1876 – 20 January 1877
Venue	Tersane Sarayı (Shipyard Palace)
Location	Constantinople (now Istanbul)
Type	Conference
Theme	Bosnia and the Ottoman territories with a majority Bulgarian population
Cause	The Herzegovinian Uprising in 1875 and the Bulgarian April Uprising in 1876
Participants	Austria-Hungary; France; Germany; United Kingdom; Italy; Russia;
Outcome	Agreed on a project for political reforms

The 1876–77 Constantinople Conference (Turkish: Tersane Konferansı "Shipyard Conference", after the venue Tersane Sarayı "Shipyard Palace") of the Great Powers (Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia) was held in Constantinople (now Istanbul)^[1] from 23 December 1876 until 20 January 1877. Following the beginning of the Herzegovinian Uprising in 1875 and the April Uprising in April 1876, the Great Powers agreed on a project for political reforms in Bosnia and in the Ottoman territories with a majority-Bulgarian population.^[2] The Ottoman Empire refused the proposed reforms, leading to the Russo-Turkish War a few months later.

^ Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930.".
^ Correspondence respecting the Conference at Constantinople and the affairs of Turkey: 1876–1877. Parliamentary Papers No 2 (1877). p. 340.