1944-1945 ATROCITIES AGAINST THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE OF CHAMERYA
by Turhan Şen, Mardin Artuklu University The concepts of atrocity, massacre and genocide have been politicized throughout history in terms of the way they are…
Genocide
Greek Atrocities During The Great Offensive: Setting Fires
by Professor Uğur Üçüncü, Black Sea Technical University of Trabzon The Ottoman Empire accepted defeat in the Great War and signed the Armistice of Mondros.…
The „Red Terror“: The Genocide of the Kazakhs
In September 1925, Soviet state and party leader Josef Stalin appointed party comrade Filipp Goloshchyokin as First Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the…
159 Years of Tsitsekun: The Genocide of the Circassians
After more than 300 years of warfare against the indigenous peoples of the Caucasus, the army of the Russian Tsarist Empire succeeded in bringing the…
„Banishment to death“ – Mezalim to the Crimean Tatars 79 years ago
79 years ago today, on May 18, 1944, more than 400,000 Crimean Tatars were deported from their homeland on the orders of the Soviet Union’s…
May 15, 1919: The prelude to the invasion and depopulation of Western Anatolia
It is May 15, 1919, when at 7:30 a.m. the Greek warships Patris and Atronitos moor at the port of Izmir and soldiers of the…
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…