Özet:

It was definitely stated in the Treaty of Berlin (1878) and in the Convention of Istanbul dated April 21, 1879 that the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina were temporarily occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the rights of sovereignty of the Sultan over the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina weren’t effected by the occupation. Despite this, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared on October 5, 1908 that it annexed the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was an act contrary to the decision taken by the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Russia in 1897 to protect the status quo in the Balkans and the decisions of Mürzsteg (1903). Therefore, with this act, the Austro-Hungarian Empire disrupted the treaty with the Ottoman Empire as well as the European status quo and opposed the states that signed the Treaty of Berlin, particularly Russia. In this article, answers were sought to the questions of why the Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, how the annexation was reacted by other governments, especially the Sublime Porte, what the consequences of the annexation were. The study is original and important because it deals with this issue which is addressed mostly in point of relations between the great powers, in terms of its reflections on the Ottoman government through Ottoman archive documents.

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