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List of places burned during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
Name	Date	Pre-war population	Deaths	Notes
province of Monastir	1912			Eighty per cent of the Muslim villages in the Monastir province were burned down during the occupation by the Serbian and Greek army. This was calculated by the British Macedonian relief fund.
Villages of Raionovo, Planitsa, Kukurtevo	autumn 1912		over 700	The Bulgarian bands led by Donchev burned in one day 345 Turkish houses in three villages.
Kilkis	July 4, 1913	13,000	74	Totally ruined by the Greek army and over 40 Bulgarian villages in the surrounding countryside were burned.
Serres	July 11, 1913	30,000	200	4,000 of the 6,000 houses were destroyed, the commission found the Bulgarian army mainly responsible.
Doxato	July 13, 1913		500	Only 30 of the 270 Greek houses were left intact.
Giannitsa	1912			The Turkish part of the town was almost totally burned down. This happened during the occupation of the town by the main Greek army.
Nigrita
Strumica	August 21-23 1913			Turkish and Greek part of the town were burned by the Greek army before their retreat.
Havsa	1912		10	The Turkish quarter of Havsa was almost entirely burnt by the Bulgarians. One mosque and Muslim cemetery were damaged and defiled.
Soyoutli-dere and Iskender-keuï	1912			Over 150 houses were burned in these two Turkish villages near Havsa and the population fled to Anatolia and Adrianople.
Yenimuhacir	July 7, 1913	2,132	450	all 420 houses burned of the Bulgarian village Bulgarköy near Keşan.
Osmanlı	1913			In revenge for the earlier anti Muslim events in Havsa all 114 houses of the Bulgarian village Osmanlı near Havsa were destroyed by the returning Turks. The population fled to Adrianople and lost their cattle.
Hasköy (near Havsa)	1912			Only 25 of 55 houses of the Turkish part of the village survived.

List of places burned during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)

Name

Date

Pre-war population

Deaths

Notes

province of Monastir

1912

Eighty per cent of the Muslim villages in the Monastir province were burned down during the occupation by the Serbian and Greek army. This was calculated by the British Macedonian relief fund.

Villages of Raionovo, Planitsa, Kukurtevo

autumn 1912

over 700

The Bulgarian bands led by Donchev burned in one day 345 Turkish houses in three villages.

Kilkis

July 4, 1913

13,000

Totally ruined by the Greek army and over 40 Bulgarian villages in the surrounding countryside were burned.

Serres

July 11, 1913

30,000

200

4,000 of the 6,000 houses were destroyed, the commission found the Bulgarian army mainly responsible.

Doxato

July 13, 1913

500

Only 30 of the 270 Greek houses were left intact.

Giannitsa

1912

The Turkish part of the town was almost totally burned down. This happened during the occupation of the town by the main Greek army.

Nigrita

Strumica

August 21-23 1913

Turkish and Greek part of the town were burned by the Greek army before their retreat.

Havsa

1912

The Turkish quarter of Havsa was almost entirely burnt by the Bulgarians. One mosque and Muslim cemetery were damaged and defiled.

Soyoutli-dere and Iskender-keuï

1912

Over 150 houses were burned in these two Turkish villages near Havsa and the population fled to Anatolia and Adrianople.

Yenimuhacir

July 7, 1913

2,132

450

all 420 houses burned of the Bulgarian village Bulgarköy near Keşan.

Osmanlı

1913

In revenge for the earlier anti Muslim events in Havsa all 114 houses of the Bulgarian village Osmanlı near Havsa were destroyed by the returning Turks. The population fled to Adrianople and lost their cattle.

Hasköy (near Havsa)

1912

Only 25 of 55 houses of the Turkish part of the village survived.

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