Who Owns the Balkans?

Much of the Balkans was under Ottoman rule

Ottoman rule
The stagnation and reform of the Ottoman Empire (1683–1827) ended with the dismemberment of Ottoman Classical Army. The issue during the decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire (1828–1908) was to create a military (a security apparatus) that could win wars and bring security to its subjects.
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throughout the Early modern period. Ottoman rule was long, lasting from the 14th century up until the early 20th in some territories.

Are the Balkans independent?

Today, the Balkans include these independent countries: Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, rump Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and Bosnia Herzegovina (referred to as Bosnia throughout this text) These countries are based mostly on the presence of one main national group, or people, and it is this ...

Who took Balkan countries?

Most of Eastern Europe and the Balkan states had been part of the Ottoman Empire at its peak. Things took a turn for the worse by the late 1800s when the Ottoman Empire began crumbling. Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria all gained independence from Ottoman rule during this period.

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