Officers gathered together at the railway platform and talking to each other on the firstBalkan war. - 8x10 photo "Officers gatheredtogether at the railway platform and talking to each other. The Balkan Wars (Turkish: BalkanSavaslari, literally "the Balkan Wars" or Balkan Faciasi, meaning "the Balkan Tragedy") consistedof two conflicts that took place in the Balkan Peninsula in south-eastern Europe in 1912 andsuffered defeat in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost the bulk of its territory in Europe.Austria-Hungary, although not a combatant, became relatively weaker as a much enlarged Serbiapushed for union of the South Slavic peoples.[2] The war set the stage for the Balkan crisisof 1914 and thus served as a "prelude to the First World War".[3] By the early 20th century,Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia had achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire, butformed the Balkan League. The First Balkan War had three main causes:[4][5] The Ottoman Empirewas unable to reform itself, govern satisfactorily, or deal with the rising ethnic nationalismof its diverse peoples. The Great Powers quarreled amongst themselves and failed to ensure thatthe Ottomans would carry out the needed reforms. This led the Balkan states to impose theirown solution. Most importantly, the Balkan League had been formed, and its members were confidentwest of the River Maritsa as a result of the two Balkan Wars, which thus delineated present-dayTurkey's western border. A large influx of Turks started to flee into the Ottoman heartlandfrom the lost lands. By 1914, the remaining core region of the Ottoman Empire had experienceda population increase of around 2.5 million because of the flood of immigration from the Balkans.Citizens of Turkey regard the Balkan Wars as a major disaster (Balkan harbi faciasi) in theterritories created a psycho-traumatic event amongst the Turks that is said[by whom?] to havetriggered the ultimate collapse of the empire itself within five years. Nazim Pasha, Chief ofStaff of the Ottoman army, was held responsible for the failure and was assassinated on 23 January1913 during the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état carried out by the "Young Turks". The First BalkanWar broke out when the League member states attacked the Ottoman Empire on 8 October 1912 andBalkan War broke out on 16 June 1913. Both Serbia and Greece, utilizing the argument that thewar had been prolonged, repudiated important particulars of the pre-war treaty and retainedoccupation of all the conquered districts in their possession which were to be divided accordingto specific predefined boundaries. Seeing the treaty as trampled, Bulgaria was dissatisfiedover the division of the spoils in Macedonia (made in secret by its former allies, Serbia andarmies repelled the Bulgarian offensive and counter-attacked into Bulgaria. Romania, who havingtaken no part in the conflict, had intact armies to strike with, invaded Bulgaria from the northin violation of a peace treaty between the two states. The Ottoman Empire also attacked Bulgariaand advanced in Thrace regaining Adrianople. In the resulting Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgarialost most of the territories it had gained in the First Balkan War in addition to being forcedtogether, railway platform, train, gathered, crowd, communicating, - 1912"
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