Abstract
Until the end of the 18th century, most of the Mediterranean shores belonged to the world of Islam, and there was no Mediterranean idea as such. Parallel to the independence of the Balkans and the progress of colonization, the Mediterranean idea emerged in the 19th century, claiming to abolish the distinction between East and West. The Latin idea, on the other hand, emerged in the face of Germanity. In the twentieth century, the Mediterranean idea emerged in opposition to a mechanistic Western civilization. In the 21st century, the Union for the Mediterranean attempts to take note of the quasi-unification of the northern shore within the framework of the European Union and NATO, while the southern shore is politically dislocated, but Europe is also becoming a fortress in the face of migrants, turning the sea into a death trap.
