Constantinople/Istanbul and its Yugoslav Visitors and Residents during the Interwar Period (1918–1939)

Abstract

The research for this article was conducted in archives, literature, and periodicals. The topic is the Yugoslavs’ (the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1918 to 1929, then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) connection to Constantinople/Istanbul. It explores the following questions: After World War I, what happened to Yugoslav nationals who remained in Constantinople/Istanbul and those who came and stayed throughout the interwar period? In what ways does Istanbul appeal to Yugoslav travel writers? What impact did political circumstances and relations between the two states have?