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Item Open Access The Independence of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the revival of the Macedonian question(Bilkent University, 1998) Mandacı, NazifThe Balkan Peninsula was one of the hot spots that saw the most destructive nationalist conflicts since the late nineteenth century. In the 1990s, many conflict that remained their long slumber during the Cold War came to the fore one again with the removal of the block disciplines. Macedonia is among them and merits attention in that it constitutes a eepicenter of a new Balkan turmoil blast of which may drag the Balkans in a general war. The study aims at examining the parallels between the past and present forms of the Macedonian question in terms of its belligerents, their reference points on on which they base their policies toward Macedonia, and approachment of the great powers toward the problemItem Open Access Struggle over Macedonia : Florina 1906, according to the records of Rumeli Inspectorship(Bilkent University, 2003) Kayalar, AnılThe Macedonian Question was one of the diplomatic problems that statesmen and the international public opinion were mostly concerned with at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. The expansionist and irredentist desires of the Balkan states Greece, Serbia, and especially Bulgaria lay at the core of the problem.These states encouraged, and even organised terrorist activities in Macedonia. The Great Powers-Austria-Hungary, Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy-, meanwhile, viewed the issue in terms of their own political and economic interests. These powers, while supporting this or that Balkan state in various ways and pressurising the Sublime Porte to conduct reforms so as to improve the lives of Christian communities in the European lands of the empire, also wanted the Ottoman Empire to preserve its territorial integrity. Under these circumstances, during the first decade of the twentieth century life in Macedonia was highlighted by anarchy, terror, insecurity and disorder. This thesis deals with certain aspects of the Macedonian Question. The activities of the influence agents of the states that considered Macedonia within their national boundaries and aspired to annex the land, and put forth claims accordingly, such as the bands of Macedo-Bulgarian organisations or the Greek bands, are studied. In addition, the Greek and Bulgarian activities in the kaza of Florina, which is in the vilayet of Manastır, in 1906 are examined in particular with reference to the documents of Rumeli Inspectorship; attempting to construct a micro-history of the region.