In the War of Crimea in 1854, the British and the French began to lay telegraph lines across the front line and the headquarters to provide the needs of their soldiers. The French wanted to install a line between Varna- Ruscuk- Bucharest and the British wanted to install a line from Varna to Baliklava, in the shore of Crimea. The British laid down a cable about 600 km long into the sea on 10^th May of 1854 and in 18^th May they linked it to Crimea. The French applied to the Ottoman State for the installation of the Varna-Ruscuk line and they had permission on 27^th February. The expenses of the line were going to be paid by the French government. After the war, the line would have been left to the Ottoman State. Thus, the first telegraph line was installed on 9^th September of 1855 between Edirne, Varna and Crimea. In the first telegraph sent from Crimea to Istanbul was informing the rescue of Sivastapol from the Russian invasion.

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