The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867. In the late 19th century, it reportedly had an area of 18,320 square kilo

Independent Albania was proclaimed on 28 November 1912. This chapter of Albanian history was shrouded in controversy and conflict as the larger part of the self-proclaimed region had found itself cont