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A mohácsi csata helyszínének azonosításában döntő jelentősége van egy Földvár nevű falunak. Mintegy száz éve keresik a kutatók ezt a települést. Számos feltételezés látott napvilágot, a falu lehetséges helyeinek száma meghaladja a tizenötöt. Jelen tanulmányban az írott források, történeti térképek, a térség gazdasági szerkezetének, tájhasználati vá...
Kosovo Field (Kosovo Polje), the core region of the newly independent Kosovo, experienced several key historical events, each of which left important memories in the space. As political control over territory changed, different memories connected to the area became stronger, while others were pushed into the background. The first battle of Kosovo (...
This essay is about the intellectual legacy of József Tóth, professor of geography at the University of Pécs. The main topics we have attempted to assess are regionalism in Hungary, the tasks of geography, the local, regional and international tasks of the University of Pécs, the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences in Pécs, and the operation...
After the 2014 elections, the governing coalition of Hungary put migration-related issues on the political agenda as the main theme to regain its domestic legitimacy. One major means for this was the securitisation of the migration discourse by strong binary 324 oppositions and the southern state border, a distinguished place in Hungarian identity...
The book includes several papers that will significantly advance the cause of research on Mohács, 1526. They contribute to the progress of the scientific programme “Mohács 1526–2026: Reconstruction and Memory”, which has been carried out over the last five years by the consortium of the ELKH Centre for Humanities and the University of Pécs. However...
The Mohács plain had strategic and symbolic importance both during the Ottoman occupation and the seventeenth century liberation wars due to the decisive battles fought on, and military routes crossing the plain, transforming it into a military and memorial landscape. By the twentieth century it became one of the most conflicted Cold War border-sca...
Suleiman I died during the Ottoman siege of Szigetvár on 6th September 1566 in the vineyard hill of Szigetvár–Turbék, Hungary. At the location of his death and temporary burial site, a memorial place (türbe) was established in the 16th century. According to written sources it was built in the 1570s, and the tomb complex was protected by a fortifica...
Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent (1526–1566) died during the siege of Szigetvár in 1566 (between 1 and 2 a.m. on 7th September 1566) in his imperial tent 4.5 kilometers from the castle, on the vineyard hill of Szigetvár – Turbék, Hungary. Later, around 1575 a makam türbe (memorial mausoleum) with a mosque and a dervish lodge was built on the place...
Buildings of the burial complex of Suleiman the Magnificent were excavated between 2015–2019 in Szigetvár. This paper investigates why, despite the traditional anti-Muslim sentiments in the local community, the FIDESZ-KDNP failed to turn the Suleiman story into local political success after the 2015 migration crisis, during a period of extensive an...
One of the most influential rulers of the sixteenth century, Sultan Suleyman I, passed away and was buried temporarily near the fortress of Szigetvár in SW Hungary in 1566. Later, a memorial place was erected on the site in the second half of the sixteenth century. The complex was surrounded by a palisade system and a moat on its northern side. The...
A magyarok a honfoglalás óta erős kapcsolatban álltak a Balkán-félsziget lakóival, így a szomszédság miatt saját tapasztalatokon alapuló, valós ismeretekre tehettek szert a térségről. Az elmúlt évszázadok történelme mégis oda vezetett, hogy a magyar Balkán-képet ma inkább sztereotípiák jellemzik, amelyben egyszerre jelenik meg egy elmaradott, grote...
The Süleyman’s Türbe in Szigetvár (Hungary) is a historical monument with exceptional features; the aim of the study is to present the planned cultural-tourism centre investment goals, risks and externalities. Cultural and tourism specificities significantly influence the implementation of such unique, three nations concerning projects. One of the...
A jelen sorok szerzői a Pécsi Tudományegyetemen dolgozó kutatók. Az egyetem 2017-ben ünnepelte alapításának 650. évfordulóját. V. Orbán pápa 1367. szeptember 1-én bocsátotta ki azt az iratot, melynek alapján a pécsi studium generale létrejött. Az idő relatív természetéhez hozzátartozik, hogy Orbán pápa az akkor használatos Julián-naptár alapján sze...
A Duna ágai, a Karasica, a Mohácsi-síkság vízfolyásai és az állóvizek fontos szerepet töltöttek be az 1526-os események alakulásában. A szembenállók hadmozdulatait erősen befolyásolták a vízrendszer adta feltételek. A folyó mindkét partján és a vízen is csatározások folytak. Az oszmán és a magyar sereget is részben a Dunáról látták el felszerelésse...
Földvár középkori eredetű település, melyhez nagy birtoktest kapcsolódott Mohácstól délre, a Duna mentén. Brodarics István mohácsi csatáról írt beszámolója szerint itt volt 1526-ban az összecsapás centruma. Mintegy száz éve folyik a vita arról, hogy hol is volt ez a település. Jelen írás szerzői megvizsgálták, hogy a középkori és újkori források mi...
II. Lajos király, a csata túlélőinek jelentős részéhez hasonlóan harmadmagával a Duna keskenyebb, nyugati ága felé haladt a török üldözők elől. A Duna árterén igyekeztek menedéket lelni, de a folyóágon való átkelés közben Czettritz Ulrich kamarás kivételével szerencsétlenül jártak és megfulladtak. Az egyetlen szemtanú, Czettritz, október közepén vi...
Az utóbbi hónapokban számos újságcikk, interjú jelent meg a sátorhelyi tömegsírok kutatása kapcsán, amelyekben Bertók Gábor nyilatkozott azokról a vizsgálatokról, amelyeket a Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park területén és finanszírozásában az elmúlt időszakban végeztek. A nyilatkozatok kapcsán nem kerülhető meg a kutatói felelősség kérdése. A kutatóknak az a...
Researchers have been searching for the türbe (tomb) of Suleiman the Magnificent in Szigetvár, Hungary for over 110 years. Although scholars from a variety of disciplines have published numerous works on the subject, their meth- odologies have been limited to those established before 2013. In the last several years, newer multidisciplinary examinat...
The respective landscapes of Mohács and Kosovo continue to evolve materially and in mindscapes regarding Islam and Christianity. Here, research appraises past and current memory spaces in Hungary’s changing political landscape. Several nations living at the frontiers of Christendom and Europe fought bitter wars against the Ottomans (14th–19th centu...
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A Szigetvári Szulejmán Türbe kivételes adottságokkal rendelkező történelmi emlékhely, a tanulmány célja a tervezett kulturális-turisztikai Központ beruházás bemutatása. A kulturális és turisztikai sajátosságok jelentős mértékben befolyásolják az ilyen projektek megvalósulását. Az implementáció egyik fontos feltétele a meglévő kulturális...
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A Szigetvári Szulejmán Türbe kivételes adottságokkal rendelkező történelmi emlékhely, a tanulmány célja a tervezett kulturális-turisztikai Központ beruházás bemutatása. A kulturális és turisztikai sajátosságok jelentős mértékben befolyásolják az ilyen projektek megvalósulását. Az implementáció egyik fontos feltétele a meglévő kulturális...
Since 2014, hundred thousands of migrants from the Middle East have arrived at the Hungarian–Serbian and Hungarian–Croatian borders. This paper discusses the unique phenomenon of what role the political debate about Islam, the construction of the temporary border barrier protecting the Hungarian national borders, played in the competitive communica...
This paper addresses issues related to Törökdomb, the memorial place built by the
Ottomans on the battlefield after the battle of Mohács, which has perished over
time. In this battle, the army lead by Hungarian and Czech King Louis II encountered
the troops of Sultan Suleiman I. 12-15 thousand people lost their life in the battle
on the Christian s...
Jobbik, the Movement for a Better Hungary, is a new generation, radical right-wing political party. In many ways it is similar to other far-right groups in Europe, although it has several unique characteristics. It is a strange anomaly that the party, alone among radical parties in Europe, has pursued a Muslim-friendly policy. Is it an adequate exp...
The authors first review the investigations into the history of the lost mausoleum (türbe) and the surrounding complex of Sultan Süleyman who died during the siege of Szigetvár on September 7, 1566. Then they narrate the establishment in 2012 (reshaped in 2015) of a research group which, by developing a new concept and using interdisciplinary resea...
The history of Hungarians living in the USA covers about one and a half centuries. Since
the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of thousands have immigrated to the USA in different
waves to start a new life and, on the other hand, to return home in a strengthened
financial situation. The Hungarians arriving in the USA set up their civil and church
organizat...
The Hungarian borders have been at the centre of political and social discourse since the 20th century. Subject to whichever government dominated at a given time, border policies strengthened and disappeared frequently. During the summer and autumn of 2015, a fence was constructed in effort to discourage migration at the southern borders of Hungary...
A book on Balkans, migration and geopolitics.
The co-existence between Hungarians and Islam has been considered balanced, until the spring of 2015 when a wave of migrants appeared in Europe. "Opening to the East", the foreign policy announced by the government in 2011 heralded a new chapter of cooperation with Arabic/Muslim countries, predominantly due to economic considerations. The migrant c...
The death of Suleiman the Magnificent, his memories in Szigetvár and discovery of his lost tomb.
In the early 21st century the global financial crisis changed the economic position of many states, including the EU, which is only slowly recovering, and the quickly emerging economies of Asia. Several factors in global transportation have driven countries to find alternative transport links and methods, including between Europe and Asia. Since 20...
More than two decades after the Dayton peace agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still stuck in an ethnically based struggle over territorial power. The former warring parties, and their economic and political elite, have succeeded in remaining in power during peacetime, and continue to influence the everyday life of the State, which is, to great...
Exploration in search of the tomb of Sultan Suleiman I and the buildings around it in the vicinity of Szigetvár, Baranya county, southern Hungary, has been going on for some one hundred years and on a number of sites (on the banks of Almás stream, at St. Mary's Church in Turbék). On the basis of newly discovered documents and map representations, t...
Exploration in search of the tomb of Sultan Suleiman I and the buildings around it in the vicinity of Szigetvár, Baranya county, southern Hungary, has been going on for some one hundred years and on a number of sites (on the banks of Almás stream, at St. Mary’s Church in Turbék). On the basis of newly discovered documents and map representations, t...
The paper gives an overview about the five historical stages of the Hungarian history featured by significant Muslim influence. Ethnic background, social status and geographical distribution are the main points are dealt in the study. In the mediavel period the Muslims were Asiatic origin people joined the Hungarian tribes and became strong mainsta...
Geothermics j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / g e o t h e r m i c s a b s t r a c t The Pannonian basin is an integral part of the convergence zone between the Eurasian and Nubian plates characterized by active subductions of oceanic and continental plates, and formation of backarc basins. The first par...
As regards the Balkans, Hungary is one of the intermediary regions in Europe. At the same time, the Balkans is the tie-up territory between Turkey, one of the emerging regions today, and Hungary, which aims to cooperate with it. Being a NATO and EU member state it takes part in the geopolitical games that are played between the EU, Russia, the USA...
The paper gives an overview about the five historical stages of the Hungarian history featured by significant Muslim influence. Ethnic background, social status and geographical distribution are the main points are dealt in the study. In the mediavel period the Muslims were Asiatic origin people joined the Hungarian tribes and became strong mainsta...
When Hungary's borders were fixed after the World War I, Szeged and Pécs became towns managing the relations of Hungary with the countries in the south. In our paper we examine the factors that make Pécs suitable for the Southern intermediate role, and whether the goals and achievements of Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture programme series reinf...
K e y w o r d s: higher education, internationalisation, student mobility, University of Pécs, Hungary
Európának egyre nagyobb mértékben kell szembesülnie azzal a migrációs nyomással (illetve annak társadalmi, politikai következményeivel), amelynek hatására ma már tíz-milliós nagyságrendben jelennek meg muszlim migránsok, közösségek a kontinensen, ezen belül eltérő arányban Közép-Európában, illetve Magyarországon is. Ezért tarthat érdeklődésre számo...
Memories of Suleyman the Magnificient in Szigetvar.
The number of Muslim believers in the examined five countries (Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) is a total of 130 thousand. The Dobrudja Turks and the Tatars of eastern Poland living at a geographically peripheral place are traditional minorities, who have been living in the area of these countries for several centuries. T...
The majority of the Muslim belivers in Hungary are migrants, a small number of them are locals who have converted to Islam as adults. The Muslim communities in Hungary concentrated in the capital city and the university centres. This paper is based on an empirical examination which was conducted among the members of a smaller Muslim community of Hu...
Europe is facing a constantly growing migration pressure together with its social and political consequences. As a result, decades of migration generated a ca. 10 million immigrant Muslim community on the continent, of which a smaller part settled in Central Europe, and even less in Hungary. The research focuses on communication practices of migran...
The study considers the question of sea outlets from a continental,
Central European (Hungarian) point of view. It gives a historical overview
about the position and politics of the states in the area which are either
land-locked or have limited outlets. The paper takes the corridors into
account relying upon these findings. The study discusses...
The Pannonian basin has been a favourable site for hot water utilisation
in spas since the medieval ages. Deliberate drilling activity started
already more than a century ago and Hungary has become soon a center of
balneological teraphy in Central Europe. The increasing interest for
wellness resorts and mainly geothermal energy prospects has initia...
There are the so called most disadvantageous or MD micro-regions. The Hungarian government and the regional development institution system has worked out an own development programme for the improvement of these regions. The Southern Transdanubian Regional Development Council was established in 1998.The investigation focuses on the 8 most disadvant...
Hungarian-Serbian relations have never been as cordial as they are now, and this is an opinion shared by the leadership of both countries in spite of the modern history of the two nations. In our paper, we seek explanation for this change and argue that it is a consequence of multiple factors: First, the geopolitical changes in the Western Balkans,...
Dél-Európa a magyar tudományos gondolkodásban, azon belül a geográfiában is alulreprezentáltan jelenik meg. Vizsgálatunk során áttekintettük a magyar földrajzi kutatás és publikálás tematikájában a dél-európai elemeket, a kitüntetett problémákat és a területhez való viszonyulás jellegét. Összegeztük az utóbbi évek mental map-es vizsgálatainak relev...
Tolna is one of the most varied and controversial counties in Hungary. Evaluations of the country are highly contrastive. The duality of poverty and economic power, backwardness and a rich cultural heritage, easily accessible, pleasant settlements as well as increasing migration, availability of resources and favourable local conditions versus a la...
The Hungarian-Italian relationship is one of the most important ones. This study investigates the Italian spatial structure from political geographic point of view, and its values in historical dimensions of the geographic research. The special feature of this relationship is the basis of the south-west corridor (the formal Hungarian geographical e...
Il pubblico colto si riferisce con disprezzo alla regione estesa a sud dell’Ungheria come Balcani o eufemisticamente come Europa sudorientale. Sospettiamo, sentiamo, sappiamo che questa regione e assomiglia alle regioni estese sulle coste del Mediterraneo, e differisce da quelle. Negli ultimi 2-3 decenni, in conseguenza della voglia di viaggio semp...
The study shows the approach of the Hungarian societes to the territorial planning throughout the history. There is a traditional thinking about planning, and a "new" methodology as well. An overview of the legal background of the territorial planning is presented pointing out some critical moments. The aspects of the broad interest why association...
Lezárult egy korszak 2004-ben a magyar területfejlesztés és a kistérségek történetében. A tanulmány áttekintést ad erről a bő egy évtized kistérségeket illető legfontosabb kérdéseiről. Az egész korszakban és napjainkban is folyamatosan napirenden lévő probléma a kistérségek területi kerete. A másik alapkérdés a nevezéktaninak tűnő vita a tartalmi k...
Political geography of Southern Europe Southern Europe carries a particular value content, therefore it is problematic to accurately define it. There are ten different states in this area (Andorra, both Cypruses, Greece, Malta, Italy, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, and Vatican). They form four characteristic groups. These are relict states, de-coloni...
I define innovation in the higher education so as with what new methods, contents, organisational solutions are we able to match the challenges of the modern world, what needs do we have to suit of the society and the subsystems of society. Among these there are some which are traditionally present for a long time (acquire some certain professions:...
A kapcsolatok mindkét fél számára pozitívak és kiegyensúlyozottak. Hosszabb időtávot nézve a kapcsolatok intenzitása változó. A magyar fél részéről a politikai és gazdasági mozgástér bővítése és az uralkodó befolyás csökkentése volt a cél. A kulturális intézményrendszer kiépült és jól funkcionál, elsősorban bölcsészeti és társadalomtudományi terüle...
