Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Trans-Iranian Railway' has mentioned 'Ottoman Empire' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence Text Source
Germany's influence over the region was enabled by the Baghdad Railway, which connected Germany and the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq), enabling Germany to begin plans for connecting the railway to Tehran to increase its commercial enterprise.
Meanwhile, the Balkan Wars in the Ottoman Empire (1912xe2x80x9313) created an unstable situation in the country, again putting off the initiation of the application.