Ethnic Turks in Bulgaria

K. Popek, Remarks on the Theories on the Origin of Muslims in Bulgarian Lands – Nineteenth-Century and Present Perspectives, „Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej \ Studies into the History of Russia and Central-Eastern Europe” (Warszawa) 2020, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 125–141. | The paper is aimed to present selected nineteenth-century theories about the origin of Muslims living in Bulgarian lands and to confront them with the present state of knowledge. The paper also presents concepts regarding two ethnic groups: the Bulgarian-speaking Muslims (the so-called Pomaks) and Turks.

This research looks at the Medeniyet, a Turkish newspaper, launched in 1933 in Bulgaria. The goal is to show historical and political contexts of the newspaper , published in Ottoman language and opposing to Kemalists in Turkey, and discover main topics of its first ten issues. Research draws upon primary sources, never examined thoroughly before. At the end, all titles of the issues are given in modern Turkish transcription and in translation to English.