Word: bulgarians
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...leading educational institution of the Turkish Empire, and has an enrolment of nearly 500 students. Many leaders in the "New Turkey" movement are graduates of this institution, and the education here afforded to the youth of the Balkan Peninsula was the cause of the uprising which resulted in Bulgarian independence. Dr. Washburn has been able to acquire a wide knowledge of the life and problems of the Balkan states, and is at the present time the foremost authority in this country on conditions in the Turkish Empire. In recognition of his work he has been awarded the degree of LL.D...
...Moore has recently returned from a four-year stay in Europe, during which he saw two seasons of fighting in the Balkans, and witnessed the Revolution of 1903 and, its suppression by massacre. He travelled with both Bulgarian and Turkish forces. He has written a book on the subject of "The Balkan Trail...