The main purpose of the Modern Balkan History course is to reveal the effects of the transformation created in the Balkans by the nationalist movements that influenced the world after the French Revolution, especially on the Ottoman Empire. One of the aims of this course is to reveal how the nation-state idea enabled concrete state demands and state practices, and how the political, social and economic transformation on the Balkan tribes changed the imperial policies and the fate of the empires.

Modern Balkan History, the developments in the 18th century and the appearance of the new political order that started in Europe after the French revolution in the Balkans were primarily shaped by the transformations created by the idea of ??nationalism. In this process, the developments of the French revolution and counter-revolution and the new order created by the Congress of Vienna made the Balkans one of the target geographies in the international arena. The separation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire in 1830 and especially the revolutions of 1848 accelerated nationalism and cultural movements in the Balkan geography. The movement that started in Serbia in 1804 created a general movement in the Balkans and created an impact among Hungarians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Albanians, Croats and Bosnians, making the region a difficult geography to manage and leaving empires such as the Ottoman Empire and Austria faced with the problem of survival. The mobilization in the Balkans has turned the region into a boiling cauldron filled with rebellions and foreign interventions causing turmoil. The 19th century turned it into a complete laboratory for the Balkans. Because the nationality problem of the Balkans has made the region even more complicated. So much so that the competition between the great powers over the region led to the outbreak of the world war due to the strategic importance of the Balkans. The content of this course is formed by discussing these processes in detail.