The Balkan Wars

Ercan Karakoç is Professor of Modern Turkish History at Yildiz Technical University. He graduated from the History Department of Bogazici (Bosphorus) University. He completed his Master’s in National Security Strategy at Gebze Institute of Technology, then Gebze Technical University. He received his Ph.D. in History from Marmara University. He won a highly coveted and contested Fulbright Scholar in Residence Scholarship and taught at Chatham University concurrently sitting on numerous expert panels discussing the affairs of Middle East in Pittsburgh. He works mainly on the later history Ottoman Empire and the history of modern Turkey. He is a member of the Balkan History Association. Ali Serdar Mete completed his master studies at Yeditepe University. He received his Ph.D. in History from Yildiz Technical University. He works mainly on Ottoman-Turkish military history, including the modernization of military organization and education, modern military tactics, and modern firearms.

List of Tables – List of Figures – Introduction – Biljana Stojić: Diplomacy behind the Curtain: Making the Balkan League – Biljana Stojić: Making the Balkan League with(out) the European Powers – Osman Yalçın: Turkish Aviation during the Balkan Wars – Sabri Can Sannav: The Occupation of the Aegean Islands by Greece in the First Balkan War According to Turkish Sources – Theodoros Giannopoulos and Christos Mantzanas: The Hospitalization of the Ottoman Soldiers during the First Balkan War: The Case of the First Relief Expedition to İstanbul by the German Red Cross – Ethem Çeku: The Balkan Wars 1912–13: The Albanian Question – Cengiz Yolcu: The Population Exchange between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire after the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 – Irena Kolaj Ristanović: The Issue of Waqf Institutions in the Kingdom of Serbia: The Example of the Münderise Waqf Register of Ottoman Provenance from the Ex-Sanjak of Skopje – Denis Ljuljanović: Young Turk Policy and Albanian Uprisings in Ottoman Macedonia: From Revolution to Balkan War(s) (1908–1912) – Ilirjana Kaceli (Demirlika): Albania in the First Balkan War in the Ottoman Turkish Sources – Notes on Contributors – Index.

“The Balkan Wars of 1912/13 were a disaster for the Ottoman Empire, a triumph for the Balkan governments, and a tragedy for the population of the belligerent states. This well structured collection brings together contributors from various backgrounds. Unitedly, they help to understand overarching issues far beyond the military event, and especially the still underresearched Ottoman perspective.”

Katrin Boeckh, LMU Munich/IOS Regensburg