After declaring war on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_29" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="September 29">September 29</a>, 1911, Italy annexes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrenaica" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a>.