French Colonial Legacy in Algeria
by Dr. Halim Gençoğlu, University of Cape Town This is Algeria or desert From the ancestors that camels carried for thousands of years, Love Wisdom…
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The Baku Massacre: Shaping Azerbaijani Turk Identity
by Turan Gafarlı, M.A. The massacre of Azerbaijani Turks and Muslims in Baku on March 31, 1918 is a tragic event that to this day…
The Occupation of Izmir from the Pen of an Italian Journalist
by Prof. Dr. Mevlüt Çelebi, Ege University Izmir I. During the World War, Britain, France and Russia made some promises to Italy and Greece in…
Genocide of Muslim Turks in the Caucasus (1905-1920)
by Dr. Beşir Mustafayev, Siirt University The different etnicities existing in the Caucasus continued to live together until the emergence of the Russian-Armenian factor in…
The Genocidal French Conquest of Algeria, 1830-1847
by Professor William Gallois, University of Exeter The question as to whether a genocide took place in nineteenth-century Algeria has always been viewed with suspicion…
De-Ottomanisation of Land. Muslim Migrations and Ownership in the Bulgarian Countryside after 1878
By Krzysztof Popek, Ph.D Land was of crucial importance to the Bulgarian society, which until the mid-20th century primarily inhabited rural areas, and was mainly…
Muslim Emigration from the Balkan Peninsula in the 19th Century: A Historical Outline
By Krzysztof Popek, Ph.D The 19th century was a tempestuous time for the Balkans. There were wars, revolts against local liege lords, battles between armed…
“To Cut Down the Forest of Minarets”: The Transformation of Bulgarian Cities After 1878
By Krzysztof Popek, Ph.D The period in Bulgarian history after the Liberation and the creation of the modern state in 1878 was linked to the…
Multilingual or Monolingual? The Minority Languages in Bulgaria after 1878
By Krzysztof Popek, Ph.D At the end of the 19th century, the Bulgarian lands were not ethnically homogenous. In 1887, about 73.75% (2 326 250)…