User talk:Zoupan/Population transfer of Serbs

In history, the Serbs have been deported or forcibly transferred far from their home by several governments.

Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire made several population transfers of Serbs in the Middle Ages. In the mid-7th century, Serbs were transferred to Bithynia, where they are mentioned in 680–81 in the town of Gordoservon. Serb colonists were also present in Greek provinces, based on the names Surpi and Serbochia in Thessaly, Serbianica in Corinth, Serbon in Arcadia, and others.


 * In the mid-7th century, Serbs were transferred to Bithynia, where they are mentioned in 680–81 in the town of Gordoservon. Slavs were defeated and transferred by the Byzantines to Asia Minor (see Asia Minor Slavs). There were many Slavs, Serbs, in this province, since a larger town, seat of a bishopric of the Nicaean Metropolitanate, was named after them. Gordoservon was first mentioned in 680–81 in the acts of the Sixth Ecumenical Council, which was, among others, signed by "Isidore, bishop of Gordoservon". The town was at latest established in the mid-7th century, since it had developed to a bishopric seat by 680. Stanoje Stanojević regarded this the oldest mention of the Serb ethnonym in the Balkans.


 * The Serbs rose up against the Byzantines in 1127–29, probably with Hungarian support. After the Byzantine victory, part of the Serb population was deported to Asia Minor.


 * During the second half of the 12th century, Serbs continued revolting against Byzantine rule, which caused devastation and large migrations. After a military expedition, Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180) took thousands of Serbian slaves and deported them to the Serdica region (in Bulgaria).

Ottoman
The Ottomans employed mass deportations of Christians in the Balkans. Albanians, Serbs and Greeks were deportated to Anatolia, and after 1453, to Constantinople. Mehmed II mass deported peasants from Serbia and Morea following his conquests. Suleiman the Magnificent transferred thousands of Serbs to Istanbul after the Siege of Belgrade (1521); the Belgrad Forest bears testimony to this.