Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin da yake da karfi, Daular Ottoman ta yi barazanar mamaye babban birnin Austria na Vienna sau biyu: a
1529 da kuma 1683. Bayan shan kashi na biyu na Ottoman a Vienna da kuma ƙarshen Babban Yaƙin Turkiyya a 1699, duk da haka, Habsburgs sun sami rinjaye, kuma sun kama Hungary da Croatia daga Ottomans. Bayan waɗannan nasarorin, Austria ba ta da ikon ci gaba a cikin Balkans, saboda tasirin kishiyar Rasha, a cikin rikici da rikici da aka sani da Tambayar Gabas. Duk da yake Ottoman iko a cikin Balkans ya ragu, Austrians ba su iya haɗa kowane sabon yanki ba har zuwa Bosnia a 1908, har ma hakan ya haifar da rikicin diflomasiyya (rikicin Bosnia). A halin da ake ciki, Rasha ta taimaka wa al'ummomi da yawa a cikin Balkans don yin tawaye da Ottomans da ƙirƙirar jihohi daban-daban a cikin Balkans. Bayan ƙarshen duk canje-canje daga Yaƙin Girka na Independence (1821<unk>1829) zuwa Yaƙe-yaƙe na Balkan (1912<unk>1913) da Austrian da Ottoman empires ba su da iyaka da juna. Wannan ya ba da damar duka biyu su shiga Tsakiyar Tsakiya a matsayin abokan tarayya a lokacin yakin duniya na farko. Rashin nasarar Tsakiyar Tsakiya ya haifar da rushewar sarakunan biyu.