Dimitrios Karatasos
Dimitrios Karatasos | |
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Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) | |
| Died | c. 1861 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
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| Service/ | King Otto |
Dimitrios Karatasos (
Early life
Karatasos was born in the village of Dihalevri in the
Later life
Like his father, Dimitrios was a supporter of a Greek-Serbian Entente in order to relieve the Balkans from the Ottoman occupation. During the period 1844–53 he ventured in the Serbian communities in Trieste and in Skopje in order to find support for a common cause. His assignments were semi-official and one could state that he was a kind of modern-day political agent trying to forge alliances within the realm of secret diplomacy.
After Greek independence, Tsamis Karatasos continued the struggle to liberate his native
Karatasos strongly believed that only a Greek-Serbian agreement could accelerate the process of driving the Ottoman presence from the Balkans. In 1859 he made his claims public by writing articles in a Greek newspaper, whilst cajoled the representatives Serbian community in Greece in order to get support and advice for his goal. The Bavarian-born King Otto was affirmative and promoted Karatasos contacts. Therefore, in 1861 he ventured to Belgrade in order to sign the first official treaty between the two states. During his stay he died from unspecified reasons, presumably from an illness, while planning another uprising.
A few months later King Otto was expelled from the country due to a popular uprising.
The first Greek-Serbian alliance was signed in 1867.
See also
References
- ^ a b Institute for Balkan Studies 1976.
- ISBN 9780203011683. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
Sources
- Institute for Balkan Studies (1976). "Balkan Studies: Biannual Publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies". Balkan Studies. 17. Society for Macedonian Studies: 49–50.
- Douglas Dakin (1973). The Greek Struggle for Independence, 1821-1833. University of California Press. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-0-520-02342-0.
- James J. Reid (2000). Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse 1839-1878. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 251–. ISBN 978-3-515-07687-6.
- John Anthony Petropulos (8 December 2015). Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece, 1833-1843. Princeton University Press. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-1-4008-7602-0.
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