The Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/balkar) is an Istanbul-based publication dedicated to fostering academic exchange among social scientists from Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Eastern European countries. We launched the journal in 2018 and have since published twelve issues. The current, thirteenth issue (December 2024) includes five research articles and one book review.
Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies (ISSN 2667-470X) is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on the humanities and social sciences of the Balkan countries and the former Soviet republics. The journal welcomes contributions in the fields of history, economics, politics, international relations, culture, art, geography, literature, theology, ethnography and environmental sciences. The idea behind this initiative is to extend a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary approach over issues of regional importance. Under this light, the journal aspires to act as an academic forum for scholars in historical as well as contemporary context on a wide range of cross-regional issues and to provide the epistemological framework for a comparative investigation, which would enhance our understanding of the Balkan, and Black Sea societies, polities and communities. Furthermore, manuscripts connecting the region with wider scopes, such as technological applications, will be also considered.
The journal will be published online with two issues per year commencing in 2018 and themed issues are anticipated. Submitted manuscripts should be original and not published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Their length should not exceed 8.000 words and will be subject to anonymous peer-review by at least two members of the scientific committee. The use of graphics and images in colour is encouraged and not subject to limitations (within reason). However, it is the responsibility of the individual authors to acquire copyright permission if needed. The language for submissions is English and Turkish. Articles, other than in English or Turkish, will be occasionally accepted. Articles must have an abstract of up to 150 words in English and 5 keywords.
The next issue will be published in June 2025. The peer-review process can take ca. 2 months, hence the submissions until the end of April/beginning of May 2025 can be considered for the publication in the next issue (14).
We invite reserachers to submit their papers to our journal.
Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu
Editor in Chief
Research Articles
1-16 Warfare in the Serbian State from the Late 14th to the Mid-15th Century Miloš Ivanović, Institute of History Belgrade
17-38 War, Innovations and Cultural Transfers in East-Central Europe: The Army of Transylvania in the Age of Transition from Voivodeship to Principality (Second Half of the 16th Century) Florin Nicolae Ardelean, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
39-62 Avrupa’da Diplomatik Kutuplaşma Sürecinde Habsburg Büyükelçisi J. M. V. Pallavicini’nin İstanbul Misyonu ve Balkan Savaşı Öncesi Raporlarında Bazı Değerlendirmeleri Bilgin Çelik, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
63-88 Shifting Identities as a Strategy to Remain in the Homeland: The Remarkable History of Kurfallı, Eastern Thrace's Last Bulgarian Village Elçin Macar, Prof. Dr., Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
89-114 Southern Opening: Turkish Soft Power in Sub-Saharan Africa Tamás Dudlák, Dr., Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest
Book Reviews
115-121 Nathalie Clayer, Arnavut Milliyetçiliğinin Kökenleri: Avrupa’da Çoğunluğu Müslüman Bir Ulusun Doğuşu, Çev. Ali Berktay, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2013, 611 s. Tolga Karpuz, Ankara University