The Principality of Bulgaria, the Sublime Porte, and the Muslim Minority (1878-1885)
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D After the Berlin Congress and separating Muslim communities in Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire, the Sublime Porte wanted to protect…
Exodus
The Muslim exodus and the emergence of the modern Serbian State in the first half of the 19th century
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D One of the main goals of Serbian Uprisings was to banish Muslims from Serbian lands. The Serbian policy towards Muslims…
De-Ottomanization 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 The19th 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…
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…