Turkish coffee-house, Balkan Wars

“The clock tower in the central square of the city was built in contact with the -now demolished- central mosque of the settlement, highlighting its arched entrance. It was built by the local, rich aristocrat Hacı Emin Aga in 1870 as a gift to the city”. “In 1913, Xanthi… was freed from the Turkish yoke. However, in July 1913, the Bucharest treaty defined Bulgarian sovereignty in the region… The Ottoman empire was afflicted, since three claimants of the region came to the fore: Greeks, Turks and Bulgarians, and the era of the Balkan wars began”.