The participation of Russia in the Battle of Navarino in 1827 marked the deterioration of the Russo-Turkish relations. As a response, the Ottoman Empire closed the Bosphorus Straits to the Russian ships, violating the Akkerman Convention (1826). The Russian Army occupied areas currently in Ukraine and Bulgaria, reaching a point 60 kilometres away from Istanbul. Furthermore, during the operations in the area of Caucasus, they occupied Kars, Erzurum and Trabzon. The losses of the Sublime Port, initially at the military and later at the political level, highlighted the indisputable Russian superiority.

The subsequent signing of the Treaty of Adrianople, consequence of the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829), was the one which undoubtedly established the ideal conditions for the establishment of the independent Greek State. The legalisation of its foundation, initially at a status of autonomy, was a fact outright rejected by the Sublime Port, just two years earlier. In the following year, the foundation of the Independent Greek State was a fact, with the signing of the London Protocol on 22 January/3 February 1830.

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