Question: who fought for the central powers in ww1
Answer: The Central Powers ( German : Mittelmächte ; Hungarian : Központi hatalmak ; Turkish : İttifak Devletleri or Bağlaşma Devletleri ; Bulgarian : Централни сили Tsentralni sili ) , consisting of Germany , Austria - Hungary , the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria -- hence also known as the Quadruple Alliance ( German : Vierbund ) -- was one of the two main factions during World War I ( 1914 -- 18 ) .