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Austria-Hungary’s Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Humor Magazines

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  • Hakan Şendilmen
    PhD Student, Dokuz Eylül University, History
With the rapid and organized progress of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan geography, it first dominated Bosnia and then the geography of Herzegovina. The region, which is a strategic location for the south of Central Europe and one of the key points in terms of the Adriatic, has become central due to the influence between the Habsburg dynasty and the Ottoman Empire over time. Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has important underground resources in addition to its strategic location, increased in importance with the mercantilist policies resulting from new age colonization. For such reasons, in the 19th century, conflicts and reformist demands arose between Russia, with its Pan-Slavist policy, Austria-Hungary, due to its geographical position, and the Ottoman Empire, which sought to protect its rights over the region with religious and cultural ties dating back nearly four hundred years. One of the important crises in this network of relations, in which many actors were influential, was the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary in late 1908. After the declaration of the Second Constitutional Era, the peaceful and ideal plans for a solution in the Balkans, which were expected for the Ottoman Empire, were postponed for a while due to this crisis, and an active policy was attempted both in domestic and foreign politics against annexation. İttihat ve Terakki also used the press to strengthen its planned policies. In our study, domestic and international magazines, especially Karagöz and Kalem magazines, which were the prominent humor magazines of the period, were examined to see how the press commented on the annexation. With these drawings, political history was approached and analyzed from a different perspective.

Austria-Hungary’s Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Humor Magazines

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Alili, B., & Ethem, H. . (Eds.). (2025). Austria-Hungary’s Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Humor Magazines. In 6th International Balkan Summer School Balkans and Global Politics Proceedings: Vol. Proceedings 05 (pp. 109-128). Idefe Publications. https://doi.org/10.5331/