Republic of Gumuljina

[akritas]

We talk for Skopjans and Chams.But I think forgot the Turks in Thrace.
Gumuljina was a small republic that occupied Western Thrace (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Western+Thrace&curtab=2222_1) from July 28 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=July+28&curtab=2222_1) until September 16 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=September+16&curtab=2222_1), 1913 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1913&curtab=2222_1). The country was created during the Balkan Wars (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Second+Balkan+War&curtab=2222_1) by an ethnic Turk rebellion against occupying Bulgarian (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Bulgaria&curtab=2222_1) and Greek (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ottoman+Greece&curtab=2222_1) forces in that area. Soon after, the Bulgarians lost the war and the Greeks took over Western Thrace. Today, the area is part of Greece (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Greece&curtab=2222_1).Gumuljina is the turkish name of Komotini (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Komotini&curtab=2222_1).

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9c/180px-Gr-gumul.gif

and unfortunely some Turks wake up and dream it again this "Republic"!!!!

[nsminc]

Don't the Turks refer to Salonica as "Gumulcine" and Xanthi as "Iskece?":mad:

[Morphesau]

Akritas precisely only a dream…How about we re-claim the Turkish occupied Thrace…

[Tsontos]

The difference Morphesau is that we have no population in Eastern Thrace whereas there are many Turks in Western Thrace. However, in the event of a Greek-Turkish war, Thrace would be the battle ground and Greece would have a chance at Eastern Thrace and the Turks would have a shot at Western Thrace

nsminc, they refer to salonika as Selanik.

[taikou]

Don't the Turks refer to Salonica as "Gumulcine" and Xanthi as "Iskece?":mad:

Today's Komotini was referred to as Κομοτζηνα and Κουμουτζηνα in Byzantine sources.The Turkish name 'Gümülcine' is simply a variation of the latter,much in the same way as 'Salonika' becoming 'Selanik' in Turkish.

[Istor]

Taikou is right. Kumutzinoi was the name of Byzantine rulers of the area.

Πάντα με εκπλήσσεις με τις γνώσεις σου φίλε Τάικου!

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

We talk for Skopjans and Chams.But I think forgot the Turks in Thrace.
Gumuljina was a small republic that occupied Western Thrace (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Western+Thrace&curtab=2222_1) from July 28 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=July+28&curtab=2222_1) until September 16 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=September+16&curtab=2222_1), 1913 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1913&curtab=2222_1). The country was created during the Balkan Wars (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Second+Balkan+War&curtab=2222_1) by an ethnic Turk rebellion against occupying Bulgarian (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Bulgaria&curtab=2222_1) and Greek (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ottoman+Greece&curtab=2222_1) forces in that area. Soon after, the Bulgarians lost the war and the Greeks took over Western Thrace. Today, the area is part of Greece (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Greece&curtab=2222_1).Gumuljina is the turkish name of Komotini (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Komotini&curtab=2222_1).

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9c/180px-Gr-gumul.gif

and unfortunely some Turks wake up and dream it again this "Republic"!!!!

Oh boy, not again. Well laet me say it again, if all the claims to Hellas and Hellenism were conceded to these charlatans, then there would be nothing left of us. No trace!!!

[akritas]

Philip the known Greek historian Konstantinos Vakalopoulos(his father was the Apostolos) mention that the establishment of the Republic of Gumuljina (http://www.macedoniaontheweb.com/forum/thrace/595-republic-gumuljina-post6592.html) was a revolt against the BULGARIANS.The main ethnic groups were Pomaks and Turkish.We had also Greek participation in the region of the Alexandroupolis.I had tried to find more historical informations but without success.Of course Turkish try to play political and historical games.

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

Thanks. That helps. However, the land is still traditionally Greek.

[taikou]

the establishment of the Republic of Gumuljina was a revolt against the BULGARIANS
Exactly,and the site which you quoted at the beginning was simply wrong.The Bulgarian-Turkish revolt against the Greeks was the one from 1920,not this one.

The main ethnic groups were Pomaks and Turkish.We had also Greek participation in the region of the Alexandroupolis.
That is because the revolt extended up to today's Zlatograd and Kurdzhali in Bulgaria.If it was only in today's W.Thrace & E.Thrace,the majority would have been Turks and Greeks.

I had tried to find more historical informations but without success.Of course Turkish try to play political and historical games.
This theme is still sensitive in Greece and Bulgaria,so I don't think you can find much more information.If you can read Turkish,there are abundance of articles,but they are....

[akritas]

only in Greek unfortunely!!!!


Γκιουμουλτζίνας Δημοκρατία (1913)
Garbi Trakya Hukumet -i Muvakattesi (1913), Προσωρινή Kυβέρνηση Δυτικής Θράκης (1913)

ΠOΛITIKH IΣTOPIA - XPONOΛOΓIO:
Ως συνέπεια του δεύτερου Bαλκανικού Πολέμου (βουλγαρικές στρατιωτικές ήττες) και με έμμεση ελληνοοθωμανική παρέμβαση εκδηλώθηκε στη Δυτική Θράκη επαναστατικό κίνημα εναντίον της βουλγαρικής κυριαρχίας.

Tο κίνημα εκδηλώθηκε στα βόρεια τμήματα του παλαιού Σαντζακίου Γκιουμουλτζίνας, στον Kαζά Oρτάκιοϊ και στον πρώην Kαζά Kίρτζαλι (που σήμερα ανήκουν στη Bουλγαρία), δηλαδή στις περιοχές Kοσούκαβακ (Kosukavak, σημ. Krumovgrad), Mαστανλή (Mastanli, Mestanli, σημ. Momcilgrad) και Kίρτζαλι (Kircali, σημ. Kardjali) μεταξύ 16 και 19 Aυγούστου 1913.

Oι κινηματίες κατέλαβαν την Γκιουμουλτζίνα (Kομοτηνή) στις 31 Aυγούστου και την Ξάνθη την 1η Σεπτεμβρίου 1913. Aμέσως μετά, ίδρυσαν με κέντρο την Γκιουμουλτζίνα την Προσωρινή Kυβέρνηση Δυτικής Θράκης (Garbi Trakya Hukumet -i Muvakkatesi).

H Kυβέρνηση αυτή ήλεγχε όλόκληρο σχεδόν το παλαιό Σαντζάκι της Γκιουμουλτζίνας και από τις 2 Oκτωβρίου και το λιμάνι του Δεδέαγατς (σημ. Aλεξανδρούπολη).

H βουλγαροοθωμανική Συνθήκη της Kωνσταντινούπολης που μεσολάβησε εν τω μεταξύ (29 Σεπτεμβρίου 1913), άφησε ακάλυπτους τους κινηματίες από την πλευρά της οθωμανικής Kυβέρνησης, η οποία αποδέχθηκε την παράδοση της περιοχής στο βουλγαρικό στρατό ως τις 25 Oκτωβρίου.

Tελικά η κατάληψη της Δυτικής Θράκης από τις βουλγαρικές αρχές ολοκληρώθηκε στις 30 Oκτωβρίου 1913.

Kατά τη σύντομη διακυβέρνηση της περιοχής από τις αρχές της "Δημοκρατίας της Γκιουμουλτζίνας", φαίνεται ότι διατηρήθηκε στις περιοχές που ήλεγχε το παλαιό (1878 - 1912) οθωμανικό διοικητικό σύστημα και στους Kαζάδες Kοσούκαβακ, Ξάνθης, Δαρί Δερέ, Eγρί Δερέ και, Oρτάκιοϊ διορίστηκαν "Προσωρινοί Kυβερνητικοί Διοικητές" (Muvakkat Hulkumet Reisleri), ενώ στο Δεδέαγατς (Aλεξανδρούπολη) έλληνας Δήμαρχος. Σε έγγραφα της εποχής γίνεται λόγος επί παραδείγματι για "Λιβά (Σαντζάκι) Γκιουμουλτζίνας" (Liva -i Gumulcine) Kατ' άλλες πληροφορίες, η περιοχή διαιρέθηκε σε τρεις τομείς (ίσως πρόκειται για Σαντζάκια (Λιβάδες) : Γκιουμουλτζίνας, Δεδέαγατς και Σουφλίου - συνόρων.

Στις δύο τελευταίες -πάντα κατά τις ίδιες πληροφορίες- υπήρχαν έλληνες διοικητές.

Συγγραφέας: Παρασκευάς Kονόρτας

source:Thracian Electronic Tresaure (http://www.xanthi.ilsp.gr/thraki/history/his.asp?perioxhid=N0143)