The Balkans have been an area of conflict, division and tension since the dawn of existence. They have been tempered by European intervention (Austro-Hungarian) and ruthlessly dominated by non-European empires (Ottoman) who imposed foreign customs and habits in the area. The Ottoman domination was particularly detrimental for the Balkan nations not only due to forced migration, mass expulsion and relentless assimilation but also because of the Ottoman rulers' arbitrary division of the population at large between Christians and Moslem converts, considering the latter as Turkish. Two ...

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