Search results
May 18, 2018 · BALKANS. BALKANS. The term "Balkans" stems from the Ottoman Turkish word balkan, defined as a pass through wooded and rocky mountains. The designation is quite recent and, in fact, was not universally accepted until the end of the nineteenth century. Earlier European names for the peninsula included Hellenic peninsula, Greek peninsula, Illyrian ...
Balkans - Ottoman Empire, Southeastern Europe, Conflict: While the various Balkan states fought among themselves for domination in the area, a new danger appeared in the south. In 1362 the Ottoman Turks took Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey). This was the beginning of their conquest of the Balkan Peninsula—a process that took more than a century. Serbia fell after the Battle of Kosovo in ...
Balkans - Forging State, Nationalism, Conflict: Once the national movements had reached fruition and foreign intervention had taken place, external forces again played a major part in determining the nature of the states that were to be created—though this was less the case with Montenegro and Serbia, which emerged earlier and more gradually than the other states.
Apr 15, 2022 · Published April 15, 2022. As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its second month, a deep sense of unease has settled across the Western Balkans. The images coming out of Ukraine have revived memories of the horrors the region experienced in the 1990s, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia) and between Serbia and Kosovo.
Harriman Institute at Columbia University. 420 W 118th Street, 12th Floor, MC3345. New York, NY 10027. 212-854-4623. harriman@columbia.edu.
The Balkans is such a diverse concept that changes it’s meaning when you put it in different geographical, historical or political concept. Travelers visiting the southeastern Europe are often confused by the large number of nations living here and the complex relations between them.
