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List of places burned during the Balkan Wars

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List of places burned during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) is a list of places totally or partly burned during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913).

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List of places burned during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
Name Date Pre-war population Deaths Notes
Kilkis July 4, 1913 13,000 74 Totally ruined.
Serres July 11, 1913 30,000 200 4,000 of the 6,000 houses destroyed.
Doxato July 13, 1913 500 Only 30 of the 270 Greek houses were left intact.
Giannitsa 1912 Turkish part of the town was burned down.
Nigrita
Strumica August 21–23, 1913 Turkish and Greek part of the town burned.
Havsa 1912 10 Turkish quarter almost entirely burnt.
Yenimuhacir July 7, 1913 2,132 450 all 420 houses burned of the Bulgarian village Bulgarköy near Keşan.
Osmanlı 1913 all 114 houses destroyed of the Bulgarian village Osmanlı near Havsa.
Hasköy 1912 Only 25 of 55 houses of the Turkish part of the village survived.

Bibliography

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  • International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars (1914). Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.