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

Tomasz Dominik Kamusella

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

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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 language	English
Number of pages	10
Specialist publication	New Eastern Europe
Publication status	Published - 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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Between politics and objectivity: the non-remembrance of the 1989 ethnic cleansing of Turks in communist Bulgaria
Kamusella, T., 14 Feb 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Genocide Research. Latest Articles, 19 p.
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Ijesztő személyi kultusz Bulgáriában
Translated title of the contribution: Scary personality cult in BulgariaKamusella, T. D., 14 Jan 2019, In: 2000: Irodalmi és Társadalmi havi lap. 30, 5, p. 3-14
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Bulgaria: An unlikely personality cult
Kamusella, T. D., 7 Sept 2018, New Eastern Europe.
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Between politics and objectivity: the non-remembrance of the 1989 ethnic cleansing of Turks in communist Bulgaria

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Bulgaria: An unlikely personality cult

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