page_title: History of Slovenia
section_title: Türk presidency (2007–2012)
hierarchical_section_title: History of Slovenia / Republic of Slovenia / Türk presidency (2007–2012)
caption_attribution_description: English: Slovene president Danilo Türk visiting the National Institute of Biology. Slovenščina: Slovenski predsednik Danilo Türk na obisku na Nacionalnem inštitutu za biologijo. Cropped for the purpose of the article
context_page_description: The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovenian territory from the 5th century BC to the present. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the city of Trieste. Slovenian territory was part of the Roman Empire, and it was devastated by Barbarian incursions in late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, since the main route from the Pannonian plain to Italy ran through present-day Slovenia. Alpine Slavs, ancestors of modern-day Slovenians, settled the area in the late 6th Century A.D. The Holy Roman Empire controlled the land for nearly 1,000 years, and between the mid 14th century and 1918 most of Slovenia was under Habsburg rule. In 1918, Slovenes formed Yugoslavia along with Serbs and Croats, while a minority came under Italy. The state of Slovenia was created in 1945 as part of federal Yugoslavia. Slovenia gained its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, and is today a member of the European Union and NATO.
context_section_description: Danilo Türk held the position of the President of Republic from 2007 to 2012.
caption: Danilo Türk
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