MIGRATIONS FROM THE CRIMEA AND CAUCASUS TO THE BALKANS (1860-1865)

2022-8
ÇETİNKAYA, MEHMET
This thesis scrutinizes migrations from the Crimea and the Caucasus to the Balkans between 1860 and 1865 using documents from Ottoman archives and newspapers of the period. The intensity of the migration movement that occurred after the Crimean War fluctuated in the years that followed. The migration movement reached its peak in 1864 after the decision of mass exile of the Russians for the Caucasian peoples. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the reasons for these migration movements, how the migration process progressed, what kind of policy the Ottoman Empire followed in the Balkans, how these policies changed during the studied period, and what problems the state and migrants faced during and after the settlement. As a result of the studies carried out within the scope of this purpose, it has been revealed that the Ottoman Empire did not have a regular policy about immigrants, adopted a different settlement policy in the Balkans than in Anatolia, and faced health, security, and slavery problems during the settlement.

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Citation Formats
M. ÇETİNKAYA, “MIGRATIONS FROM THE CRIMEA AND CAUCASUS TO THE BALKANS (1860-1865),” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2022.