The Armenian Volonteer Division in the Bulgarian Army During the First Balkan War Cover Image

Balkan Savaşı ve Bulgar Ordusunda Ermeni Bölüğü
The Armenian Volonteer Division in the Bulgarian Army During the First Balkan War

Author(s): İbrahim Kamil
Subject(s): Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Balkan Alliance; Ottoman state; Balkan War; Bulgaria; Armenians; Armenian Volonteer Troop;

Summary/Abstract: The Balkan wars begun with the agression of the Balkan Alliance including Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro against the Ottoman empire. Bulgaria that had the strongest army was pionieer in this war, aimed to conquer the hole Thrace, Edirne included, and advanced until Chataldja. It urged the Armenians living on its territory or abroad to take part in the war in order to reach its aspirations towards the Ottoman empire; thus it formed a Armenian Volonteer Troop inside its army in order to increase the Bulgarian-Armenian cooperation. This troop fighted against the Ottoman Empire and was demobilized just after the end of the First Balkan War.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 1-18
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish