BBC Audio Slideshow: The Exodus of Bulgaria's Turks

Views on BG | September 22, 2009, Tuesday // 09:53
Audio slideshow: The Exodus of Bulgaria's Turks: BBC Audio Slideshow: The Exodus of Bulgaria's Turks It was the biggest migration seen in Europe since World War II - a response to years of often brutal forced assimilation of the country's largest minority. Photo by wieninternational.at

From bbc.co.uk

Slideshow by Krassimira Twigg and Paul Kerley

In the summer of 1989, more than a quarter of a million Bulgarian Turks abandoned their homes to start a new life in Turkey.

It was the biggest migration seen in Europe since World War II - a response to years of often brutal forced assimilation of the country's largest minority.

By voting with their feet, the Bulgarian Turks inspired and galvanised the forces opposed to communism. The exodus is often cited as a factor contributing to the fall of the communist regime later in the year.

 

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