Words Matter: Bulgaria and the 30th Anniversary of the Largest Ethnic Cleansing in Cold War Europe

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Abstract

Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov led campaigns of forced assimilation and ethnic cleansing against non-Bulgarian minorities, particularly Turks and Muslims. Three decades after the 1989 ethnic cleansing and the subsequent transition to democracy, Bulgaria still has yet to reconcile with its past.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages10
Specialist publicationNew Eastern Europe
Publication statusPublished - 25 Feb 2019

Keywords

  • Bulgaria
  • Minority rights
  • Turkish minority
  • Muslim minority
  • Discrimination
  • National master narrative
  • Turkey
  • Reconciliation
  • Ethnic cleansing
  • Forced assimilation

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