41 books
—
5 voters
Ottoman Empire
“
İsteklerimiz ve gerçekleşenler birbirinden çok zıt yerlerde konumlanabilir. Ama bazen gerçekleşmeyen o şeyin asıl arzumuz olmadığını fark ederiz.
”
― Larende'nin Düşüşü
― Larende'nin Düşüşü
“
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Russia began a period of rapid expansion with the aim of making the Black Sea a Russsian lake and, ultimately, gaining access to the Mediterranean. Moldavia and Wallachia were importantly situated pawns in that game, while the Western Powers manoeuvred among themselves to exlude Russia from the Balkans. They thereby found themselves propping up a decadent Ottoman Empire while at the same time espousing the values of liberalism or, more often, romantic n
...more
”
― Roads That Move: A Journey through Eastern Europe
― Roads That Move: A Journey through Eastern Europe
