Treaty of Constantinople (1913)
The Treaty of Constantinople was a peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and was one of the treaties that ended the Second Balkan War . It was signed in Istanbul on September 29, 1913 . The Treaty of Constantinople was given additional meaning, as it was the first peace treaty in over 100 years through which the Ottoman Empire regained territory that it had previously lost in the war and also the first treaty whose content was against the express will of the then European great powers came about.
prehistory
During the Second Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire took the opportunity and recaptured Adrianople (Edirne). After the Treaty of Bucharest with Serbia , Greece and Romania , Bulgaria also wanted direct negotiations with the Ottoman Empire.
The negotiations began on September 3, 1913, and the contract was signed after just under four weeks. The Ainos (Enez) - Midia borderline should be preserved. The Western powers threatened in vain with a blockade and a boycott of goods against Turkey if it did not stick to the border established in London .
Results
Turkey received Eastern Thrace with Edirne, Dimetoka , Kırkkilise (today: Kırklareli). Bulgaria received Western Thrace , which ushered in the end of the recently established Independent Government of Western Thrace .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Helmuth KG Rönnefarth: conferences and treaties. Contract Ploetz. A manual of historical meetings and agreements . Part II, Volume 3: Modern Times 1492-1914; AG Ploetz Verlag, Würzburg, 1952, p. 444
- Karl Adam: Britain's Balkan Dilemma. British Balkan Policy from the Bosnian Crisis to the Balkan Wars 1908-1913 . Kovač, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8300-4741-4 , ( Series of publications Studies on the History of Modern Research 61), (At the same time: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 2009).