Journals / Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2017 / Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 35
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN IN THRACE AND TURKISH-BULGARIAN RELATIONS ACCORDING TO THE BULGARIAN DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS (1919-1922)
- Pages
- 85–119
- DOI
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Abstract
The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, on the side of the Central Powers, were defeatedin the First World War. Agreements and armistices with heavy sanctions were signed with bothstates. Bulgaria approved the Armistice of Thessalonica and the Ottoman Empire approvedthe Armistice of Mudros. In accordance with the related articles of the Armistice of Mudros,Anatolia and Thrace were occupied and the Greek armies entered Eastern and WesternThrace as well as İzmir. The Turkish people organized against the Greek pressure of tortureand murder and reacted against it through the establishment of associations and organizationof congresses and rallies. The Bulgarian Prime Minister Aleksandar Stamboliyski took abright view of and favored the National Campaign in Anatolia and Thrace and manifestedhis support for Mustafa Kemal by sending delegates to Ankara. As for Mustafa Kemal, hesent Stamboliyski a letter in which he explained his purpose and referred to the fellowshipof Turkish and Bulgarian peoples. In this study, secret or revealed information and reportsprepared by the Bulgarian diplomatic missions observing the National Campaign in Thracewere used and the developments of National Campaign including the invasion of Thraceuntil its liberation were analyzed.
Özet
İttifak grubundaki Osmanlı Devleti ve Bulgaristan Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda