In search of a homogeneous nation: the assimilation of Bulgaria's Turkish minority, 1984-1985
This article analyses the causes of the most extreme nationalist undertaking in Eastern Europe in the 1980s - the Bulgarian government's attempt to change the names of nearly one million Turks in the space of a few weeks in 1984-1985. The article argues that the assimilation campaign emerged as...
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| Language: | English |
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European Centre for Minority Issues
2000-01-01
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| Series: | Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/JEMIE01Dimitrov10-07-01.pdf |