“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…
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Multilingual or Monolingual? The Minority Languages in Bulgaria after 1878
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D At the end of the19th century, the Bulgarian lands were not ethnically homogenous. In 1887, about 73.75% (2 326 250)…
The Emigration of Muslims from the Greek state in the 19th century. An Outline
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D Although Greece itself does not want to be treated as one of the Balkan countries, the Greek experience of the…
“To Get Rid of Turks”. The South-Slavic States and Muslim Remigration in the Turn of 1870s and 1880s
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D The Great Eastern Crisis (1875-1878) led to migrations on an incomparable scale in the Balkan Peninsula. The Russian-Turkish War of…
Liberation and exile: The fate of civilians during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in Bulgarian and Turkish historiography
by Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 is traditionally called the “Liberation War” by Bulgarians. The conflict led to gaining freedom from…
The black smoke over Karatepe
On the evening of February 18, 1922, Greek armed forces committed a mass murder of the local population in the mountain village of Karatepe/Aydın, which…
Azerbaijan: Commemoration of the “Black January” massacre
Baku – On On January 20, 1990, thousands of Azerbaijanis demonstrated for democracy, freedom and independence from the Soviet Union. As in other Soviet republics,…
“The German perception of the Caucasus Region during World War One in regard to ‘space’ and ethnical tensions”, Dirk Reitz, Ph.D
Historian & Political ScientistScientific Advisory Board Member, Research Institute for Mezalim From the 1830ies military relations between the Ottoman Empire and Germany, in this case…
A Political Project Built on Massacre: Declaration of Armenian Independence in Erzurum (1918)
by Tolga Başak, Prof. Dr., Erzurum Atatürk University The massacres committed by Armenian militias against the local Muslim population consisted by Turks, Kurds and Arabs,…