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7 AGORA Int'l J. Jurid. Sci. 169 (2013)
Legal and Political Consequences for Aromanians after the Treaty of Berlin in 1878

handle is hein.journals/agoraijjs2013 and id is 169 raw text is: AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicaljournal.univagora.ro ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677 No. 1 (2013), pp. 169-174 LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR AROMANIANS AFTER THE TREATY OF BERLIN IN 1878 I. Stan loan Stan Law and Economics Faculty, Social Sciences Department, Agora University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania *Correspondence: loan Stan, Agora University of Oradea, 8 Piata 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 ofBerlin, 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 ofBulgaria, 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)'. 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 Peninsula2. 1 G.V. Barba, Our Flight Journal, no. 1, 2, 3, 4/1995-1998, Freiburg, Germany. 2 C.C. Giurescu, Dinu C. Giurescu, Istoria Romanilor, stiinifica Publishing House, Bucharest, 1975 169

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