At a tiny village mosque in the Rhodope Mountains near Kurdzhali, an elderly, nervous Turk performed a ragged pantomime, trying to make sure a visitor would understand his story about fear and repr… ...

The Turkish/Muslim minority of Bulgaria accounts for about 12 percent of the total population. ... Bulgarian Turks: From Imperial Rulers To Marginalized Minority. By Palash R. Ghosh ...

NOVA MAHALA, Bulgaria — Sabrie Balaktcha, 80, ... the democracy of the 1990s has brought with it remarkably calm and friendly relations throughout Bulgaria between ethnic Turks, ...

Bulgaria, Turks and the politics of apology. During Bulgaria’s ‘Restoration of Names’ process, nearly one million ethnic Turks were humiliated, says author.

She wrote her first novel, 'Caravan for Crows', at the age of 23, when the pandemic forced her to close her gastronomic ...

In the early 1990s, many Bulgarian Turks began returning to Bulgaria, reclaiming their homes and properties and regaining their Bulgarian citizenship. However, many also chose to remain in Turkey.

In that final year of communist rule, the authorities, under dictator Todor Zhivkov, deported 320,000 Bulgarian Turks to Turkey, in what the regime euphemistically called "The Big Excursion." ...

Bulgaria Asks Turks To Approve Repair Of Historic Church. Iron Edifice Is Symbol of ... and water drips from the ceiling onto 20 worshipers from the city's dwindling Bulgarian Orthodox community.

Bulgarian Turks, who were persecuted in 1984-1989 on the grounds that they opposed an assimilation campaign against them in the country, cannot forget the suffering they endured.