OSMANLI DEVLETİ İLE SIRBİSTAN ARASINDA “OYNAK SINIR”: TİMOK NEHRİ’NİN MECRASININ DEĞİŞMESİ VE KARŞILAŞILAN SORUNLAR (1849-1874).

The aim of this research was to investigate the formation of an “unstable border” due to the flooding of the Timok River whih served as the border between Serbia and the Ottoman Empire due to heavy rainfalls and the resulting problems. The fact that the Timok River changed the river bed due to rain in 1849 meant that the land of the Ottomans, who lived in the village in Berkofça on the border remained on the Serbian side. Afterwards, for the reason that it caused the flood in 1872, the dams of the mills on the banks of the river, which belonged to the Ottoman people were demolished by the Serbs, and the river bed was also changed. Thereupon, the lands of the Ottoman people in Baley village were left on the Serbian side. Governments tried to solve the border issue by establishing a mixed commission to prevent the conflicts that might arise within the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]