Roumélie
The Roumélie (in Turkish: Rumeli ) is the term used as from the 15th century to indicate the part of the Balkan peninsula prone to the domination ottomane.
However, the term Roumélie literally means ground of the Romans , in reference to the Roman Empire of the East. This is why, during the 11th century and 12th century, this term was also used to indicate the Anatolia whereas it had just been conquered by the Turks.
More precisely, the Roumélie was the area bordered in north by the Bulgaria, in the west by the Albania and in the south by the Morée. In other words, it gathered the old provinces of Thrace and Macedonia (including Constantinople and Thessalonique).
The name was also given to a province made up of central Albania and west of Macedonia, with Monastir like chief town. With the administrative changes occurred within the Ottoman Empire between 1870 and 1875, Roumélie ceased corresponding to a political division. Is of Roumélie constituted an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire by the Traité of Berlin (1878), then was plain in Bulgaria on September 6th, 1885.
Today, the term Roumélie is sometimes used in connection with the European part of Turkey (provinces of Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdağ, and the part western the province of Istanbul). However, the Roumelie term is often used in a historical context, the modern Turkish name of this area being Trakya (Thrace)
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