What is Constantinople Conference?
[[File:Constantinople Conference.jpg|thumb|250px|The Conference delegates]] The 1876–1877 '''Constantinople Conference''' (or ‘Shipyard Palace Conference’, from the conference venue) of the [[Great power|Great Powers]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], [[Kingdom of France|France]], [[German Empire|Germany]], [[Austria-Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]) was held in [[Istanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]) from 23 December 1876 until 20 January 1877. Following the Herzegovinian Rebellion started in 1875 and the Bulgarian Uprising in April 1876, the Great Powers agreed on a project for political reforms both in Bosnia and in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] territories with a majority [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] population.<ref>Correspondence respecting the Conference at Constantinople and the affairs of Turkey: 1876–1877. Parliamentary Papers No 2 (1877). p. 340.</ref> ==Participants== [[File:Balkan boundaries1876map1914.png|thumb|400px|Bulgaria according to the Constantinople Conference]] The Great Powers were represented at the conference respectively by:<ref>H. Sutherland Edwards. [https://archive.org/stream/sirwilliamwhite00edwagoog/sirwilliamwhite00edwagoog_djvu.txt ''Sir William White K.C.B., K.C.M.G., For Six Years Ambassador at Constantinople''.] London: John Murray, 1902.</ref> * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: : [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]] and Sir Henry Elliot; * Russian Empire: : Count Nikolay Ignatyev (historical spelling Nicolai Ignatieff); * Kingdom of France: : Count Jean-Baptiste de Chaudordy and Count François de Bourgoing; * German Empire: : Baron Karl von Werther; * Austro-Hungarian Empire: : Baron Heinrich von Calice and Count Ferenc Zichy; * Kingdom of Italy: : Count Luigi (Lodovico) Corti. Of these, [[Lord]] Salisbury, [[Count]] de Chaudordy and [[Baron]] von Calice were [[Ambassador|Ambassadors Plenipotentiary]] to the conference, while Count Ignatyev, Sir Henry Elliot, Count de Bourgoing, B