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	Topics Rumelia Topic Home Rumelia or Rumeli; , Roúmeli; , Rumeliya) is a Turkish name, used from the 15th century onwards, for the southern Balkan regions of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire The Ottoman Empire , is also sometimes known in the West as the Turkish Empire.... . "Rumeli" literally translates as "land of the Romans", in reference to the Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the... , the former dominant power in the area. During the 11th and 12th centuries it was widely used for AnatoliaAnatolia Anatolia is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asiatic portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European... while it was gradually being conquered from the Byzantines. Rumelia included the ancient provinces of ConstantinopleConstantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and following its fall in 1453, of the Ottoman Empire until 1930, wh... , ThessalonikiThessaloniki Thessaloniki, Thessalonica or Salonica , is Greece's second-largest city.... , ThraceThrace Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe.... , MacedoniaMacedonia (region) Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe whose area was re-defined i... and MoesiaMoesia Moesia is an ancient province situated in the areas of modern Serbia and Bulgaria.... , today's central GreeceGreece GreeceGreece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa.... and European TurkeyTurkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Sou... , bounded to the north by DanubeDanube The Danube is the longest river of the European Union and Europe's second-longest .... , west by AlbaniaAlbania The Republic of Albania is a Balkan country in Southeastern Europe.... and south by the MoreaMorea Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.... . The name Rumelia was ultimately applied to a province composed of central Albania and north-western Macedonia, with BitolaBitola Bitola is a city in south-western part of the Republic of Macedonia.... for its chief town. Owing to administrative changes effected between 1870 and 1875, the name ceased to correspond to any political division. Eastern RumeliaEastern Rumelia Eastern Rumelia or Eastern Roumelia was an autonomous province in the Ottoman Empire from 1878 to 1885.... was constituted as an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of Berlin, 1878Treaty of Berlin, 1878 The Treaty of Berlin was the final Act of the Congress of Berlin, by which the United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germ... , but on September 6, 1885, after a bloodless revolution, it was united with BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe.... . Today, in Turkey, the word Trakya has mostly replaced Rumelia when referring to the part of Turkey which is in Europe (provinces of EdirneEdirne Province Edirne is the westernmost province of Turkey, located in Thrace along the Greek border.... , KirklareliKirklareli Province Kirklareli is a province in northwestern Turkey on the west coast of the Black Sea.... , TekirdagTekirdag Province Tekirdag province is in Trakya , the northwestern part of Turkey.... , and the western part of Istanbul ProvinceIstanbul Province Istanbul Province is a province located in north-west Turkey.... , though Rumelia remains in use in historical contexts. This region in Turkey is also referred to as Eastern Thrace or Turkish ThraceThrace Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe.... . In Greece, the term ???µe?? (Rumeli) has been used since Ottoman times to refer to Central GreeceCentral Greece Central Greece is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece.... , especially when juxtaposed with Morea. Administration The first BeylerbeyBeylerbey Beylerbey, originally Beglerbeg in older Turkic, is the Ottoman title used for the highest rank in the hierarchy of pr... of Rumelia was Lala Shahin PashaLala Shahin Pasha First Beylerbey of Rumelia. ... , the lala (tutor) of Murad IMurad I Murad I was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389.... . He established the seat of his administration in PlovdivPlovdiv Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, with a population of 376,918.... (Filibe, Philippopolis) in 1362. In 1382 the capital of Rumelia was moved to SofiaFacts About Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Bulgaria, with a population of 1,203,680, and some 1,326,377 in... . Sahabettin Pasha (Sa'd ed-din Pasha) (1436) Sokollu Mehmet Pasa (Mehmed-paša Sokolovic) (1551-1555) Pertev Pasha (Serbian Ottoman from Herzegovina) (1555-?) Yegen Pasha (17th century) Ali PashaAli Pasha Ali Pash Tepelena in Albanian, Tepedelenli Ali Pasa in Turkish, commonly known as Ali Pasha, was the military ru... (1741-1822) Yorgancioglu Pasha (1905) See also Upper Thracian PlainUpper Thracian Plain Overview The Upper Thracian Plain constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace.... in Bulgaria Western ThraceWestern Thrace Western or Greek Thrace is the part of Thrace located between the rivers Nestos and Evros in northeastern Greece.... in Greece European TurkeyEuropean Turkey European Turkey or Turkey in Europe was the term used for the European territories of the Ottoman Empire, which was al...