Abstract:

In this study the nationalization process of Slovenes, who declared their independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and established an independent state for the first time, in the first half of the XIXth century will be examined. The Slovenes, firstly entered the process of nationalization through the studies in the field of language and culture and then they politically demanded the unification of different Slovene regions under the autonomous administrative unit of the “United Slovenia (Zedinjena Slovenia)” within the framework of Habsburg Monarchy during the Revolutions of 1848 in Europe. The “United Slovenia” was the first nationalist political program of Slovenes in the modern era. The “United Slovenia” program also was the basic reference to Slovenian nationalist demands during the Yugoslavian period in the XXth century.

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