Given its large Greek population, the city was claimed and taken by Greece during the First Balkan War of 1912–1913, following the retreat of the Ottomans from the region.
考慮到其龐大的希臘人口，這座城市在1912年至1913年的第一次巴爾幹戰爭期間被希臘人宣布和占領，隨後鄂圖曼土耳其人從該地區撤退。