NOTES ON THE NEW PROBLEM AREAS IN THE BALKANS AFTER THE TREATY OF BERLIN: THE EXAMPLES OF CRETE, BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, and MACEDONIA
NOTES ON THE NEW PROBLEM AREAS IN THE BALKANS AFTER THE TREATY OF BERLIN: THE EXAMPLES OF CRETE, BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, and MACEDONIA

Summary/Abstract: Following the signing of the Treaty of Berlin on 13 July 1878, the Ottoman Empire faced new problems in the Balkans. Whereas the peace established by the Treaty of Berlin did not provide the Ottoman state with lasting security, the status quo it created was increasingly revised by both regional actors and the Great Powers. In this context, the irredentist foreign policies pursued by the Balkan states in line with their expansionist aspirations after they declared independence, together with the policies adopted by the Great Powers within the framework of the Eastern Question, brought about the gradual detachment of regions such as Crete, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia from Ottoman sovereignty in the post-Berlin Treaty period. This study aims to examine the new problem areas that emerged in the Balkans after the Treaty of Berlin of 13 July 1878, focusing on Crete, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia.

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