Expelled and Forgotten: The Forced Exodus of Bulgarian Turks in 1989

In May 1989, Bulgaria witnessed something unprecedented in its communist era: massive protests that did not unfold in the capital, Sofia, but in villages and towns scattered across the country, writes Diana Ivanova from Radio Free Europe. These protests were led by the ethnic Turks of Bulgaria, who rose up to reclaim the names stripped from them by force. In response, the Bulgarian state expelled them....Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite