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The Ottoman Empire was in the process of disintegration in the 19th century. The non-Muslim nations living in the Balkan geography under the Ottoman rule began to rebel with the influence of nationalist thoughts. The Bulgarians started to gain power in the process with the support of the Russia and took important steps towards independence. According to the Treaty of San Stefano signed after the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-1878, it was envisaged to establish a large independent Bulgarian Kingdom. In the face of this development, which would allow Russia to reach its goal of landing on the warm seas through Bulgaria and to have absolute advantage over the Balkans, the Great Powers particularly Britain, intervened and a new treaty was made in Berlin. With the Treaty of Berlin, an Autonomous Bulgarian Principality, whose borders were narrowed was established and the Eastern Rumelia Province under the Ottoman rule was formed. The Bulgarians rebelled in Plovdiv with an attempt to weaken Ottoman influence in Eastern Rumelia in order to put the region under the rule of the Bulgarian Principality. There were conflicts in the region and the events were closely followed by the foreign press. As a matter of fact, it was seen that the events of Eastern Rumelia were followed in all dimensions by the American press and the newspapers mostly include news and comments in favor of the Bulgarians. This is also important that it indicates the political and economic interest of the United States towards the Ottoman geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the consular reports of a European power having a notable geopolitical interest in Ottoman Albania especially since 1878, this article highlights the Dual Monarchy's consuls' appreciation on the diffusion and reception of Albanian periodical press in the western parts of the Balkan Peninsula in 1903-1904. The article thus analyses this perception while pointing out various factors of diffusion and non-diffusion of the "nationalist" press and tackles the issue of the receptivity among the Albanian population of this rising nationalist propaganda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the newspapers and periodicals published by the Albanian community from the nineteenth century to the mids of the twentieth 20th century in the Ottoman Empire. The majority of the Albanian community, located in the Balkans, was Muslim and thus had a privileged position in the empire. The article first summarizes the political situation for the Albanians in the last century of the empire, and then scrutinize the relations between the periodicals and newspapers and Albanian movements as well as these publications political, social and cultural impacts. To this end, the article provides a thorough annotated bibliography of the Albanian newspapers and periodicals. The annotated bibliography is also formulated in a table where the publications from 1848 to 1912 are classified according to their publication dates, publication places (country, district, city) and publication language(s). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]