Legal and political consequences for aromanians after The Treaty of Berlin in 1878

AuthorIoan Stan
PositionLaw and Economics Faculty, Social Sciences Department, Agora University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
Pages169-174
AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro
ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677
No. 1 (2013), pp. 169-174
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LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR AROMANIANS
AFTER THE TREATY OF BERLIN IN 1878
I. Stan
Ioan Stan
Law and Economics Faculty, Social Sciences Department,
Agora University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
*Correspondence: Ioan Stan, Agora University of Oradea, 8 Piaa Tineretului St., Oradea,
Romania
E-mail: sigelu@personal.ro
Abstract
The current paper points out the legal and political situation of Aromanians after the
Treaty of Berlin in 1878, which led to the creation of new states and changes of borders in the
Balkans inhabited by Aromanians.
The treaty revises provisions of the San Stefano Peace through which enhanced the
Russian influence in south-eastern Europe, as a consequence of the victory against the
Ottoman Empire. For the first time in an official document Aromanians are mentioned as a
distinct minority.
Key words: Balkans, borders, territory, change, minority.
Introduction:
The Treaty of Berlin, dated 1/13 July 1878, was meant to revise the provisions of San
Stefano Peace through which the Russian influence was enhanced in south-eastern Europe as
a consequence of the 1877 war and the victory against the Ottoman Empire.
The Treaty of Berlin agreed de facto to the independence of Romania, proclaimed on
May 10th 1977, but also the independence of Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro.
Two important aspects regarding the Aromanians are mentioned in the Treaty of
Berlin, as a result of the Russian-Turkish-Romanian war in 1877.
Their mention for the first time as a distinct entity within the Ottoman Empire in an
international document is the first consequence.
A second consequence ragarding the redrawing of the boundery lines, however, had
negative effects because it marked the partition of the Aromanians in several Balkan
countries.
Thus, the inclusion of Thessaly and Epirus -areas densely populated by Aromanians-
in the composition of Greece made the connections over the new border line much more
difficult and the Aromanian shepherds from Pindus (Greece) were no longer allowed to
wintering flocks on the plains of Thessaly (Albania)
1
.
On the other hand, as a positive fact, we reveal the position of Romania, which
became independent and because it received international recognition, was able, during the
following years, to act in the interest of Aromanians who lived in compact communities
within the territory of the Balkan Peninsula
2
.
1
G.V. Barba, “Our Flight” Journal, no. 1, 2, 3, 4/1995-1998 , Freiburg, Germany.
2
C.C. Giurescu, Dinu C. Giurescu, Istoria Românilor, tiinific” Publishing Ho use, Bucharest, 1975

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