La lutte pour la terre macédonienne : un projet grec de 1909
How to « save » Macedonia from Bulgarians? The Greek consul at Serres, Sachtouris, sees in that question, in 1909, a problem that is national as much as it is agrarian. To this particular question, that obsesses Greek politician of his time, he believes that he has found a solution: buy tchifliks wh...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre d'Études Balkaniques
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Balkaniques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ceb/1041 |
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| Summary: | How to « save » Macedonia from Bulgarians? The Greek consul at Serres, Sachtouris, sees in that question, in 1909, a problem that is national as much as it is agrarian. To this particular question, that obsesses Greek politician of his time, he believes that he has found a solution: buy tchifliks which would be then shared among farmers that the Greek owners would then try to turn into Hellenes. Due to the difficult economic situation, the rising prices, the lack of willingness on behalf of the financial contributors, his plans was never implemented, quite the contrary, it was the Young Turks who bought land in order to turn Macedonia...into a Turkish territory. |
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| ISSN: | 0290-7402 2261-4184 |