From the late 1800s until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the age of imperialism emerged as a period based on the economic, political and human transformations that gave rise to European Powers to control over other lands and nations. By drawing parallels between colonial policies, Edward Said states that modern European imperialism is “an overseas domination that differs radically and fundamentally from all previous forms.” (Said, 1998: 333) There is little dou-bt that Britain was the strongest, disputed and ambitious empire desired to rule overseas territories. During the reign of Queen Victoria, it was not only industria-lization accelerated a global expansion but also an imperial rivalry had created a pressing need to dominate new regions for the welfare of British merchants and expanding economy. Indeed, the grand strategy of British imperial power was tied with naval supremacy and to extend political, social and cultural impact. Although Britain has a long diplomatic history with the Ottoman Empire since the 16th century, it is clear that Anglo-Turkish encounters have gained a stron-ger momentum in the 1830s. This was a part of British imperialism in order to further economic interests in the Middle East and the Balkans. It is also fair to state that an alliance concluded as a means of the advantages of British trade in the Ottoman lands, protection of Ottoman territorial integrity against Pan-Sla-vism and intervening with Ottoman domestic affairs on behalf of Christian mi-norities. British politics of liberal interventionism in the Balkans was also the mainstream of imperial considerations. This paper explores the expansion of strategic interests and the place of the Balkans in British imperialism from the This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC)1830s through the 1910s. It further argues that British political engagement with the Balkans and supporting uprisings against the Ottoman rule was one of the strong components for maintaining hegemony.