1. two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Balkan Wars
n 1: two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the
European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left
the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only
Ottoman territory in Europe