British and Austrian documents for the position of the Muslim population in Salonica and its surrounding area during the Balkan Wars

• Authors: Vera Goseva , Natasha Kotlar-Traykova

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British and Austrian documents for the position of the Muslim population in Salonica and its surrounding area during the Balkan Wars

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

In the article we shall study the position of the second largest community in the city of Salonica – the Muslim community – during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), using British and Austrian documents. We can conclude that the Balkan Wars satisfied the ambitions of the Balkan states’ nationalist circles which, of course, had the politics of the Great Powers behind them. That such of the case was obvious at both conferences that took place in London at the same time – the Conference of the Ambassadors of the Great Powers and the Peace Conference of the Balkan states engaged in war. 80 years after these wars, a new war threatened the Balkans and was led, with all its attributes of cruelty, on the territory of former Yugoslavia. Reflecting on this phenomenon from today’s perspective, we can come to the conclusion that the historical lesson taught by the Balkan Wars (1912/13) had not been learnt.

Keywords

EN

Balkan wars; Macedonia; great powers; Muslims; Salonica; Balkan wars; Macedonia; great powers; Muslims; Salonica

PL

Balkan wars; Macedonia; great powers; Muslims; Salonica

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Balcanica Posnaniensia Acta et studia
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 19
• Pages: 232-239

Dates

published

2012-01-01

Contributors

author

Vera Goseva

• Institute of National History, Skopje

author

Natasha Kotlar-Traykova

• Institute of National History, Skopje

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/bp.2012.19.18