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around 90% of victims were Bulgarian Turks, but by another up to 111,000, approximately one third, of the victims of the "Big Excursion" were Pomaks despite official exclusion of Pomaks from the events. Since Pomaks and Turks traditionally lived in different parts of Bulgaria, authorities used individuals' place of origin to "impose a preferred ethnic category on a person."
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The "Big Excursion" is less well-known than many of the other late-20th century ethnic cleansings in the Balkans. Even after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, media organizations largely failed to report on the "Big Excursion". Even within Bulgaria, the events of 1989 are not particularly well
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Even before the ultimate end of the Excursion, large numbers of expellees returned to Bulgaria, For some, the decision to return to Bulgaria was motivated by hard living conditions in Turkish refugee camps and difficulties adjusting to life in Turkey. The number of returnees accelerated after the end
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While the events of 1989 were not front-page news in the West, the allure and moderating influence of potential European Union (EU) membership contributed to the subsequent re-integration of expellees into Bulgarian society. For instance, in 2000 the EU promulgated the "Race Equality Directive" and
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Including the family members of expellees who later joined them in exile, the total number of victims of the "Big Excursion" reaches 360,000 people, though some scholars estimate that this second number was really closer to 400,000 people. More Turks and Muslims continued to flee the country in the
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In addition to the general economic malaise, the "Big Excursion" itself contributed to popular economic hardship. Bulgarian Turks were themselves largely employed in the agricultural sector and the expulsions of the "Big Excursion" came about at the same time as the annual harvest. As a consequence
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Passports were restricted in all Soviet bloc nations. Typically, passports were only issued to a select group and had to be relinquished to government authorities. Passports were also usually not issued to entire families for travel to capitalist countries to reduce defection. On May 19th, however,
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among others) were also affected by the "Big Excursion", Pomaks were often referred to as "Turks" and vica versa. As a result, the precise identity of victims can be difficult to determine. Estimates of the ethnic composition of victims of the "Big Excursion" thus vary. For example, by one estimate
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regime and Bulgaria's Muslim population, the Bulgarian state increasingly cracked down, arresting many. The first 170 of the most "'problematic'" dissidents were deported soon after May 20th, 1989, followed by another 4,000–10,000 Muslims. The first 1,000 "ringleaders" of anti-regime protests were
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In response to international backlash, particularly from Turkey with the support of the United States, the Communist Bulgarian regime insisted that the victims of the "Big Excursion" had left voluntarily on tourist visas and thus could not be properly referred to as deportees. It further insisted
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with Turkey, ostensibly "to allow tourists to visit the neighboring country," for three months at most. Large numbers of Muslims, many of whom, like Rasim Ozgur, had already prepared to leave the country in the face of state intimidation, surged to the Turkish border. Turkey in-turn issued 90-day
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Though it sought an agreement with Bulgaria regarding the migration of Bulgarian Turks from the start, towards the beginning of the "Big Excursion" Turkey vowed to accept the entire estimated population of Bulgarian Turks if necessary and suggested it would be able to integrate the expellees.
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describes continued use of the term "Big Excursion" as tantamount to acceptance of General Secretary Zhivkov's propaganda, and some Bulgarian Muslims take offense to use of the term "Big Excursion". Conversely, those who wish to belittle the memory of the forced migration of 1989 often do not
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in the country stopped after this exhibition (from May 29). We are on the brink of a major exodus psychosis. How should we assess this psychosis? We need such psychosis, it is welcome. I'm going to tell you something that we keep secret. If we do not remove 200–300 thousand people from this
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The return of such a large number of recent expellees is attributed to Bulgaria's successful transition to democracy following the end of the exodus as well as moderation by both the democratic Bulgarian government and the Bulgarian Turkish community itself. For example, Bulgaria's first
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Bulgaria did not attempt to more directly expel its Muslim population in large numbers following the closure, even after Turkey re-opened its border with Bulgaria for Turks and Muslims with a valid Turkish visa a mere two weeks later on September 3. However, the repression of Muslims by
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origin. The term "ethnic cleansing" is consequently not always associated with the 1989 forced migration in Bulgaria of two years prior. Instead, the event is usually referred to by the official (and likewise euphemistic) terms employed by the regime of
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With no meeting set to materialize, on August 21, Turkey reinstated the visa requirement for Bulgarian passport holders, and a mere day later Turkey officially closed its border with Bulgaria to stop the flow of "Bulgarian citizens without a Turkish
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policies of the Bulgarian state towards its Muslim minority or the "Revival Process" in particular. It is treated as an endpoint. In contrast to assimilation campaigns, however, the "Big Excursion" was unprecedented before 1989. Similarly, the
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of the era. However, because records in both Russia and the United States remain sealed and the topic has received little scholarly attention, the precise role that the "Big Excursion" played in the larger context of the then-waning
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Even after closing its shared border with Bulgaria, Turkey continued to reiterate its desire for a diplomatic agreement to address the refugee crisis caused by the "Big Excursion". A diplomatic summit between Bulgaria and Turkey in
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officially condemned the "Big Excursion" and an international fact-finding mission was organized, albeit without participation from any Soviet Bloc nation. The Soviet Union, however, refused to mediate between Bulgaria and Turkey.
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that the flow of such people was the result of the relaxation of Bulgarian passport laws – the very same laws that Turkey had often wished for Bulgaria to relax – and that Bulgarian actions were simply in keeping with the
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of all ethnicities seeking economic opportunity to Turkey following the fall of Communism blurred together with the "Big Excursion" in the eyes of many and bolstered the argument that the exodus had been voluntary.
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Even in Turkey, few accounts of excursion have been published. What books have been produced primarily regard the individual accounts of expellees, which have typically been printed in limited runs.
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continued until on December 29, 1989, exactly seven months since Zhivkov announced the opening of the Turkish border and just over one month after Zhivkov's resignation, when the government of
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and the state has not brought criminal charges against any individual involved in carrying out the "Big Excursion". Indeed, Bulgaria has even frequently commemorated the now-deceased
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on June 3 even to those without a visa. All expellees had to cross into Turkey via this single border crossing. This checkpoint is sometimes referred to as "Checkpoint Ali".
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However, Turkey soon experienced difficulties coping with the inflow of expellees from Bulgaria. For instance, this inflow caused an up-to 100% increase in rental prices in
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The terminology used to refer to and describe the "Big Excursion" is controversial. While the Bulgarian forced migrations of 1989 are often viewed as amounting to "
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Less than a week after the 2012 recognition of the event as ethnic cleansing by the Bulgarian Parliament, the far-right ultranationalist political party,
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of the "Excursion" and the generally poor situation, Bulgaria experienced poor harvests leading to food rationing throughout the country, including in
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was opened later that month. Others who did not leave expediently enough were intimidated by agents of the Communist State Security organ known as the
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Rensmann, Lars (2011). ""Against Globalism": Counter-Cosmopolitan Discontent and Antisemitism in Mobilizations of European Extreme Right Parties".
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Bulgaria substantially loosened its passport regime and allowed Bulgarian citizens to keep their travel documents at home. During May of 1989,
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transformed into simply the Bulgarian Republic, and around 150,000 Muslims had returned. By the end of 1991, as many as 200,000 had returned.
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The state also threatened individual Muslims. For instance, one Bulgarian Turk, Rasim Ozgur, recalled that in early May 1989, communist state
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worked to marginalize ultra-nationalist elements within the Turkish community and refrained from calling for autonomy or independence.
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told him that they would kill him if he was seen conversing with "'reported people,'" and they also told him that he "was about to
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announced that the rights of Muslims would be restored, though it would take two years for that promise to be fully fulfilled.
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However, the 2012 declaration condemning the events of 1989 by the Bulgarian parliament was widely praised in Turkish media.
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was eventually held in October of 1989 and a follow-up meeting was held months after the fall of Zhivkov in January of 1990.
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increasingly leaned into Bulgarian nationalism and embarked on an assimilationist campaign known officially as the "
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constitute a substantial portion of both Bulgaria's Muslim population and the victims of the "Big Excursion". While
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Meznik, Michael; Thieme, Tom (2012). "Against all Expectations: Right-Wing Extremism in Romania and Bulgaria".
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Kutlay, Muzaffer (2017). "The Turks of Bulgaria: An Outlier Case of Forced Migration and Voluntary Return".
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persisted until November 10 of that year when Zhivkov was removed from power. The subsequent government of
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reversed the heightened assimilation policies directed at Bulgarian Muslims on 29 December of that year.
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This article is about the 1989 forced migration in Bulgaria. For the sport utility vehicle (SUV), see
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Ethnic Cleansing During the Cold War: The Forgotten 1989 Expulsion of Turks from Communist Bulgaria
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which could have led to the MRF's dissolution. In less than two years after the fall of Zhivkov,
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310,000 – 322,000 were expelled from Bulgaria to Turkey between May 30 and August 22 of 1989.
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schools were re-opened across Bulgaria, a new national constitution was adopted guaranteeing
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By late August, over 300,000 Muslims had crossed the Bulgarian-Turkish border, leading to a
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In 2012, the Bulgarian government (then governed by a coalition headed by the center-right
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writes that "The generations of Bulgarians born after 1989 know next to nothing about the
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shouting anti-Bulgarian slogans. The Turkish ultranationalist organization known as the "
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The Declaration Condemning the Attempted Forced Assimilation of Bulgarian Muslims (2012)
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of the "Big Excursion". By the end of 1990, Communist rule had come to an end, with the
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Politics and Resentment: Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union
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later formally requested Bulgaria's compliance with the directive. Bulgaria ultimately
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in Turkey. The Turkish and Bulgarian foreign ministers repeatedly planned to meet in
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Some, however, have criticized the use of that official and highly ambiguous term.
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Negotiating Diplomacy in the New Europe: Foreign Policy in Post-Communist Bulgaria
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The Bulgarian government described the forced migrations as the "Big Excursion" (
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In some sources, the date that the border was opened is instead given as June 2.
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visas on request to any holder of a Bulgarian passport. Turkey fully opened the
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No armed conflict between countries broke out over the "Big Excursion". As the
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Thum, Gregor (2010). "Review: Ethnic Cleansing in Eastern Europe after 1945".
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in 2012. Though the Excursion is not as widely remembered in the West as the
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In discourse, the "Big Excursion" is sometimes merged with the longstanding
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Expulsions formally came to an end on August 22, 1989, but the regime of
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In support of the viewpoint of Bulgarian nationalists, the migration of
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even referring to Zhivkov as the "Great Daddy of the Bulgarian Nation."
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population, after 15 years Bulgaria will not exist. It will be like
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against a legal challenge from nationalists and the post-communist
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campaigns which preceded it and is treated as such by historians.
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was of a distinct and unprecedented character from the series of
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The Extreme Right in Europe: Current Trends and Perspectives
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on the anniversary of his birth, with former prime minister
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said the following of the necessity of the "Big Excursion":
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for talks regarding the crisis, but they failed to do so.
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issued passports to all those it considered to be Turks.
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Similarly, MRF leader 282:to describe the events. 2906:Crocus City Hall attack 2653:Persecution of Tibetans 2410:French Wars of Religion 2332:Yellow Turban Rebellion 1805:International Migration 241:between 1944 and 1950. 2859:Iraqi Turkmen genocide 2835:Maspero demonstrations 2683:Huế Phật Đản shootings 605:Impact on the Cold War 452:Start of the Excursion 411: 176: 132:Anti-Turkish sentiment 2829:Boko Haram insurgency 2488:Pontic Greek genocide 2398:Ottoman–Habsburg wars 2208:Extrajudicial killing 1985:Religious persecution 649:Economic Consequences 637:cannot be confirmed. 354:The "Revival Process" 267:breakup of Yugoslavia 169:1989 forced migration 128:Anti-Muslim sentiment 2811:September 11 attacks 2747:1984 anti-Sikh riots 2611:Rawalpindi massacres 2557:White Terror (Spain) 2368:Massacre at Ayyadieh 2253:Population cleansing 1826:Martino, Francesco. 642:United States Senate 625:, the two principal 613:was a member of the 556:End of the Excursion 389:Vazroditelen protses 302:Goliamata Ekskurziya 235:expulsion of Germans 164:Goliamata Ekskurziya 2723:Bangladesh genocide 2703:Cultural Revolution 2695:Xá Lợi Pagoda raids 2458:Circassian genocide 2344:Rhineland massacres 2258:Population transfer 2223:Forced displacement 2035:Jehovah's Witnesses 704:freedom of religion 378:Възродителен процес 250:The "Big Excursion" 237:living east of the 96:Forced displacement 2949:Events in Bulgaria 2817:2002 Gujarat riots 2741:Cambodian genocide 2735:Lebanese Civil War 2513:Soviet persecution 2350:Jerusalem massacre 2263:Sectarian violence 2248:Political violence 1817:10.1111/imig.12381 1685:Faktor.bg (2019). 1674:Faktor.bg (2016). 1532:, p. 171-172. 1467:, p. 167-169. 582:Communist Bulgaria 441:Communist Bulgaria 291:Голямата екскурзия 187:government of the 153:Голямата екскурзия 2944:Bulgaria and NATO 2931: 2930: 2871:Rohingya genocide 2599:Direct Action Day 2551:Šahovići massacre 2501:Armenian genocide 2495:Assyrian genocide 2382:(13th–15th cent.) 2376:(12th–16th cent.) 2374:Northern Crusades 2218:Forced conversion 2168:Cultural genocide 2163:Communal violence 2045:post–Cold War era 2030:Eastern Orthodoxy 812:Bulgarian Muslims 386: 299: 223:Kosovar Albanians 181:Bulgarian Muslims 161: 141: 140: 105:310,000 – 400,000 75:Bulgarian Muslims 2986: 2954:Ethnic cleansing 2923: 2922: 2889:2020 Delhi riots 2805:Kosheh massacres 2785:Bosnian genocide 2605:1946 Bihar riots 2268:Social cleansing 2193:Ethnic cleansing 1978: 1971: 1964: 1955: 1937: 1935: 1933: 1918: 1916: 1914: 1896: 1865: 1854: 1843: 1841: 1839: 1820: 1797: 1786: 1784: 1782: 1768: 1757: 1746: 1744: 1709: 1698: 1696: 1694: 1679: 1668: 1649: 1643: 1637: 1631: 1625: 1619: 1613: 1607: 1596: 1590: 1584: 1578: 1569: 1563: 1557: 1551: 1545: 1539: 1533: 1527: 1521: 1515: 1509: 1503: 1497: 1491: 1480: 1474: 1468: 1462: 1456: 1450: 1439: 1433: 1424: 1418: 1409: 1403: 1394: 1388: 1379: 1373: 1364: 1358: 1349: 1348:, p. 69-70. 1343: 1337: 1331: 1325: 1319: 1308: 1307:, p. 50-51. 1302: 1296: 1290: 1284: 1278: 1272: 1266: 1253: 1247: 1241: 1235: 1229: 1223: 1212: 1206: 1193: 1187: 1178: 1177:, p. 46-47. 1172: 1166: 1160: 1141: 1135: 1129: 1123: 1112: 1106: 1100: 1094: 1079: 1073: 1064: 1058: 1049: 1043: 1037: 1031: 1025: 1019: 1008: 1002: 993: 987: 981: 975: 958: 952: 939: 933: 909: 906: 900: 896: 890: 887: 881: 870: 757:ethnic cleansing 753:ethnic cleansing 725:Tomasz Kamusella 723:known. Academic 700:Turkish-language 524:Turkish Response 518:Helsinki Accords 510:Kapitan Andreevo 391: 381: 379: 314:Tomasz Kamusella 304: 294: 292: 263:ethnic cleansing 256:ethnic cleansing 239:Oder–Neisse line 231:ethnic cleansing 215:Bosnian genocide 204:ethnic cleansing 177:1989 Zorunlu Göç 166: 156: 154: 136:Bulgarianisation 92:Ethnic cleansing 48: 28: 2994: 2993: 2989: 2988: 2987: 2985: 2984: 2983: 2934: 2933: 2932: 2927: 2917: 2911: 2847:Yazidi genocide 2753:Revival Process 2689:Thích Quảng Đức 2677:Buddhist crisis 2671:Istanbul pogrom 2539:1970–1987 2534:1958–1964 2529:1928–1941 2524:1921–1928 2519:1917–1921 2404:Goa Inquisition 2338:Battle of Tours 2328:(c.550–c. 1200) 2322:(c. 324–c. 491) 2302: 2203:Ethnic violence 2198:Ethnic conflict 2146: 2145: 2144: 1991: 1982: 1945: 1940: 1931: 1929: 1923: 1912: 1910: 1901: 1870: 1859: 1848: 1837: 1835: 1832:OBC Transeuropa 1825: 1802: 1791: 1780: 1778: 1773: 1762: 1751: 1714: 1708:(in Bulgarian). 1703: 1692: 1690: 1684: 1678:(in Bulgarian). 1673: 1667:(in Bulgarian). 1662: 1658: 1653: 1652: 1646:Kamusella 2019a 1644: 1640: 1632: 1628: 1620: 1616: 1610:Kamusella 2019a 1608: 1599: 1591: 1587: 1579: 1572: 1564: 1560: 1552: 1548: 1540: 1536: 1528: 1524: 1518:Kamusella 2019a 1516: 1512: 1506:Kamusella 2019a 1504: 1500: 1492: 1483: 1475: 1471: 1463: 1459: 1451: 1442: 1436:Kamusella 2019a 1434: 1427: 1419: 1412: 1406:Kamusella 2019a 1404: 1397: 1389: 1382: 1374: 1367: 1361:Kamusella 2019a 1359: 1352: 1346:Kamusella 2019a 1344: 1340: 1334:Kamusella 2019a 1332: 1328: 1322:Kamusella 2019a 1320: 1311: 1305:Kamusella 2019a 1303: 1299: 1293:Kamusella 2019a 1291: 1287: 1281:Kamusella 2019a 1279: 1275: 1269:Kamusella 2019a 1267: 1256: 1250:Kamusella 2019a 1248: 1244: 1236: 1232: 1226:Kamusella 2019a 1224: 1215: 1209:Kamusella 2019a 1207: 1196: 1190:Kamusella 2019a 1188: 1181: 1175:Kamusella 2019a 1173: 1169: 1163:Kamusella 2019a 1161: 1144: 1138:Kamusella 2019a 1136: 1132: 1126:Kamusella 2019a 1124: 1115: 1109:Kamusella 2019a 1107: 1103: 1097:Kamusella 2019a 1095: 1082: 1074: 1067: 1059: 1052: 1044: 1040: 1032: 1028: 1022:Kamusella 2019a 1020: 1011: 1003: 996: 988: 984: 978:Kamusella 2019b 976: 961: 953: 942: 936:Kamusella 2019a 934: 923: 918: 913: 912: 907: 903: 897: 893: 888: 884: 871: 867: 862: 850: 817:Bulgarian Turks 808: 803: 792: 737: 729:Revival Process 720: 708:Revival Process 671: 651: 607: 602: 558: 531:European Turkey 526: 454: 449: 436: 415:assimilationist 370:Revival Process 362: 360:Revival Process 356: 351: 326:Bulgarian Turks 323: 252: 247: 225:in neighboring 87: 79:Bulgarian Turks 38:Revival Process 31:"Big Excursion" 24: 21: 12: 11: 5: 2992: 2990: 2982: 2981: 2976: 2971: 2966: 2961: 2956: 2951: 2946: 2936: 2935: 2929: 2928: 2916: 2913: 2912: 2910: 2909: 2903: 2898: 2892: 2886: 2880: 2874: 2873:(2016–ongoing) 2868: 2867:(2014–ongoing) 2862: 2856: 2855:(2014–ongoing) 2850: 2844: 2838: 2832: 2831:(2009–ongoing) 2826: 2825:(2004–ongoing) 2820: 2814: 2808: 2802: 2796: 2795: 2794: 2788: 2782: 2770: 2764: 2763: 2762: 2750: 2744: 2738: 2732: 2731:(1971–ongoing) 2726: 2720: 2719: 2718: 2712: 2700: 2699: 2698: 2692: 2686: 2674: 2668: 2667:(1953–ongoing) 2662: 2656: 2655:(1950–ongoing) 2650: 2649:(1949–ongoing) 2644: 2638: 2632: 2631:(1947–ongoing) 2626: 2625:(1947–ongoing) 2620: 2619:(1947–ongoing) 2614: 2608: 2602: 2596: 2593:Noakhali riots 2590: 2584: 2578: 2572: 2566: 2560: 2554: 2548: 2547: 2546: 2541: 2536: 2531: 2526: 2521: 2510: 2504: 2498: 2492: 2491: 2490: 2482:Greek genocide 2479: 2473: 2470:Adana massacre 2467: 2461: 2455: 2449: 2443: 2437: 2431: 2425: 2419: 2413: 2407: 2401: 2395: 2389: 2383: 2377: 2371: 2365: 2359: 2353: 2347: 2341: 2335: 2334:(c.184–c. 205) 2329: 2323: 2317: 2310: 2308: 2304: 2303: 2301: 2300: 2295: 2290: 2285: 2283:State religion 2280: 2275: 2270: 2265: 2260: 2255: 2250: 2245: 2240: 2235: 2230: 2225: 2220: 2215: 2210: 2205: 2200: 2195: 2190: 2188:Discrimination 2185: 2180: 2175: 2170: 2165: 2160: 2154: 2152: 2148: 2147: 2143: 2142: 2140:Zoroastrianism 2137: 2132: 2127: 2122: 2117: 2116: 2115: 2105: 2104: 2103: 2102: 2101: 2096: 2091: 2086: 2071: 2070: 2069: 2067:Untouchability 2064: 2054: 2049: 2048: 2047: 2042: 2037: 2032: 2027: 2017: 2012: 2007: 2001: 2000: 1999: 1997: 1993: 1992: 1989:discrimination 1983: 1981: 1980: 1973: 1966: 1958: 1952: 1951: 1944: 1943:External links 1941: 1939: 1938: 1928:(in Bulgarian) 1920: 1919: 1898: 1897: 1867: 1866: 1856: 1855: 1845: 1844: 1822: 1821: 1799: 1798: 1796:. 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Tauris. 1788: 1787: 1770: 1769: 1759: 1758: 1748: 1747: 1711: 1710: 1700: 1699: 1689:(in Bulgarian) 1681: 1680: 1670: 1669: 1659: 1657: 1654: 1651: 1650: 1648:, p. 115. 1638: 1634:Kamusella 2020 1626: 1624:, p. 4-5. 1622:Kamusella 2020 1614: 1612:, p. 117. 1597: 1595:, p. 133. 1585: 1570: 1558: 1554:Kamusella 2018 1546: 1544:, p. 172. 1534: 1522: 1510: 1498: 1496:, p. 170. 1481: 1479:, p. 169. 1469: 1457: 1455:, p. 168. 1440: 1425: 1421:Kamusella 2020 1410: 1395: 1391:Kamusella 2020 1380: 1376:Kamusella 2020 1365: 1350: 1338: 1326: 1309: 1297: 1285: 1273: 1254: 1242: 1238:Faktor.bg 2019 1230: 1213: 1194: 1179: 1167: 1142: 1140:, p. 4-5. 1130: 1113: 1101: 1080: 1065: 1050: 1038: 1034:Faktor.bg 2016 1026: 1009: 994: 982: 959: 940: 920: 919: 917: 914: 911: 910: 901: 891: 882: 878:Petar Mladenov 864: 863: 861: 858: 857: 856: 849: 846: 845: 844: 839: 834: 829: 824: 819: 814: 807: 804: 802: 799: 791: 788: 736: 733: 719: 716: 670: 667: 650: 647: 606: 603: 601: 598: 586:Petar Mladenov 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1713: 1712: 1707: 1702: 1701: 1688: 1683: 1682: 1677: 1672: 1671: 1666: 1661: 1660: 1655: 1647: 1642: 1639: 1636:, p. 10. 1635: 1630: 1627: 1623: 1618: 1615: 1611: 1606: 1604: 1602: 1598: 1594: 1593:Rensmann 2011 1589: 1586: 1583:, p. 64. 1582: 1581:Katsikas 2011 1577: 1575: 1571: 1567: 1562: 1559: 1555: 1550: 1547: 1543: 1538: 1535: 1531: 1526: 1523: 1519: 1514: 1511: 1508:, p. 67. 1507: 1502: 1499: 1495: 1490: 1488: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1473: 1470: 1466: 1461: 1458: 1454: 1449: 1447: 1445: 1441: 1438:, p. 68. 1437: 1432: 1430: 1426: 1422: 1417: 1415: 1411: 1408:, p. 70. 1407: 1402: 1400: 1396: 1392: 1387: 1385: 1381: 1377: 1372: 1370: 1366: 1363:, p. 60. 1362: 1357: 1355: 1351: 1347: 1342: 1339: 1336:, p. 72. 1335: 1330: 1327: 1324:, p. 71. 1323: 1318: 1316: 1314: 1310: 1306: 1301: 1298: 1295:, p. 23. 1294: 1289: 1286: 1283:, p. 51. 1282: 1277: 1274: 1271:, p. 58. 1270: 1265: 1263: 1261: 1259: 1255: 1252:, p. 50. 1251: 1246: 1243: 1239: 1234: 1231: 1228:, p. 59. 1227: 1222: 1220: 1218: 1214: 1211:, p. 49. 1210: 1205: 1203: 1201: 1199: 1195: 1192:, p. 47. 1191: 1186: 1184: 1180: 1176: 1171: 1168: 1165:, p. 46. 1164: 1159: 1157: 1155: 1153: 1151: 1149: 1147: 1143: 1139: 1134: 1131: 1127: 1122: 1120: 1118: 1114: 1111:, p. 21. 1110: 1105: 1102: 1098: 1093: 1091: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1081: 1077: 1072: 1070: 1066: 1062: 1061:Vaksberg 2014 1057: 1055: 1051: 1048:, p. 75. 1047: 1042: 1039: 1035: 1030: 1027: 1023: 1018: 1016: 1014: 1010: 1006: 1001: 999: 995: 991: 990:Kalinova 2008 986: 983: 979: 974: 972: 970: 968: 966: 964: 960: 956: 951: 949: 947: 945: 941: 937: 932: 930: 928: 926: 922: 915: 905: 902: 895: 892: 886: 883: 879: 875: 874:Todor Zhivkov 869: 866: 859: 855: 852: 851: 847: 843: 840: 838: 835: 833: 830: 828: 825: 823: 820: 818: 815: 813: 810: 809: 805: 800: 798: 795: 789: 787: 784: 779: 777: 773: 768: 766: 765:Boyko Borisov 762: 761:Todor Zhivkov 758: 754: 750: 745: 743: 734: 732: 730: 726: 717: 715: 713: 709: 705: 701: 697: 693: 689: 685: 684:Zhelyu Zhelev 679: 677: 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Index

Ford Excursion
Revival Process

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Muslims
Bulgarian Turks
Ethnic cleansing
Forced displacement
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgarian Communist Party
Anti-Muslim sentiment
Anti-Turkish sentiment
Bulgarianisation
Bulgarian
romanized
Turkish
Bulgarian Muslims
Communist
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Turkey
Todor Zhivkov
ethnic cleansing
now-EU-member
Bulgaria
Bosnian genocide
expulsion
Kosovar Albanians
Yugoslavia
ethnic cleansing
expulsion of Germans

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