BALKAN MIGRATIONS

The Turks started to settle in Rumelia since 1353.

The Turks and the other nations living in Balkans lived together peacefully.

During this period lasting about 500 years, the culture of Turks became permanent.

Ottoman Empire, which had been constantly developing and growing since the conquest of Rumelia, lived the period of the conquest of Balkans and reached its

larged boundaries.

The period of withdrawal which began with the decline and fall of Ottoman Empire brought the migration problem.

The immigrations after Ottoman – Russian War formed one of the most important chains of Turks’ İmmigration history.

The second huge immigration came about after the oppressions during the Balkan Wars at the beginning of the 20th century.

These migrations brought a lot of problems.

The committees were set up to solve the problems of the immigrants coming from Rumelia.

For immigrants land was provided to settle and they were supported to build their houses.

Besides, in order to lead a more comfortable life, they were exempted from taxes and military services.

The hospitals were built because of the health problems.

‘We can understand from this photo Balkan Migrations were very painful’

The immigrations from Rumelia to Turkey continued after Balkan Wars

MOSTAR BRIDGE

The Turks are too few now in Macedonia.