The Balkan Wars in the history textbooks of Turkey and the Balkan countries joined the Balkan Wars

In this research the subject of Balkan Wars (1912-1913) take place in historytextbooks used for history education in the schools, giving education on the highschool level, of Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania was examined.How were the Balkan Wars taken in hand in the history textbooks of Turkey,Bulgaria, Greece and Albania? How similarities or differences do Balkan Wars havein terms of manner of telling between Turkey and Balkan countries? Which positionhas the history education reached in Turkey and Balkans? In this research, findinganswers for these questions has been aimed and the study has been done accordingly.Within the coverage of the research, chapters of the Balkan Wars subject inseven history textbooks were taught between the years 1930 and 2009, and also aretaught at present in Turkey and in Balkan countries were investigated. By makingtranslation of the related chapters of the textbooks, written in Balkan languages, intoTurkish, examination of the subject was done in detail.As a result of this research, it was determined that the subject of Balkan Warshas wider coverage in educational curriculum in Balkan countries in comparison toTurkey but the several examples of misuses of history take place in these curriculumson behalf of historical reality and the subject of Balkan Wars has not been consideredviimportant adequately. It is aimed that the findings of this research and solutionproposals deducted from these findings will be used for writing new textbooks.Besides, it is also aimed that to fill the important gap in the literature with this study.Keywords: Balkan Wars, Textbooks, History Education, Albania Bulgaria,Greece, Turkey