Editing Battle of Navarino (section)

==Aftermath==
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[[File:Sultan Mahmud II.jpg|thumb|[[Mahmud II]], Ottoman sultan 1808–39, who struggled for eight years to defeat the Greek Revolution, ultimately in vain]]Despite the celebrations, the Sultan still disposed of a total of around 40,000 troops in central and southern Greece, entrenched in powerful fortresses. The final liberation of Greece was still far off, unless the Ottomans could be induced to accept the Treaty of London.

Russia's long-expected declaration of war on the Ottomans occurred in April 1828, starting the 11th [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]]. A Russian army of 100,000 men swept aside the Ottoman forces in the Romanian Principalities, crossed the [[Danube]], and laid siege to [[Silistra]], [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] and [[Shumla]], the key Ottoman-held fortresses in [[Rumelia]] (Bulgaria).

In August 1828, Ali agreed to the withdrawal of his forces from the Peloponnese. Ibrahim initially refused to comply with his father's evacuation orders, but gave way shortly after the French troops landed in Navarino Bay at the end of August, to a jubilant reception by the Greeks, to begin their [[Morea expedition]]. The Egyptians finally left in October 1828, a year after the naval battle. The French proceeded to clear the remaining Ottoman garrisons in the Peloponnese, which offered only token resistance, by the end of 1828. In the subsequent months, Greek forces regained control of central Greece in a lightning campaign.

[[File:Greece1830EN.png|thumb|left|210px|The modern Greek state (then the [[Kingdom of Greece]]) was established at the [[London Conference of 1832|London Conference]] in 1832]]
In September 1829, with the Russian army camped just 40 miles from his palace, the Ottoman Sultan was forced to capitulate. By the [[Treaty of Adrianople (1829)|Treaty of Adrianople]], he conceded a long list of Russian demands, one of which was acceptance of Greek autonomy as defined in the Treaty of London. However, the Sultan's acceptance came too late to save Ottoman sovereignty over Greece. Buoyed by the Ottoman disasters on land and sea, and their own military successes, the Greeks refused to accept anything less than full independence. Finally, at the [[London Protocol of 1830]], the Allies dropped their policy of Ottoman suzerainty and accepted Greek independence. Later that year, the Sultan was forced by the Allied powers to sign the [[Treaty of Constantinople (1832)]], formally recognizing the new [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|Kingdom of Greece]] as an independent state.