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The Turkish Minority in Bulgaria: The Language Issue Today

    Fahri Türk, Kader Özlem

Ethnocultural Diversity in the Balkans and the Caucasus, pp. 143-157, 2023/02/09

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Abstract

The Turkish minority has seen its political, cultural and linguistic rights severely restricted throughout Bulgarian history. This paper deals with the language rights of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria retrospectively. However, the backbone of this contribution lies in how the use of the Turkish language in the public sphere in Bulgaria has developed, as well as the obstacles the Turks of Bulgaria face with regard to the introduction of Turkish as a language of instruction. In a further step, this chapter analyzes the development of the language issue in the post-Cold War period. Within this context, it will be shown that although the Turks have made some progress as regards the use of the Turkish language, they have not been able to achieve the introduction of Turkish as a language of instruction despite the fact that for many years the Movement for Rights and Freedom Party (MRFP) has been a member of governing coalitions in Bulgaria.

Keywords: Turkish Minority, Language Rights, Turkish Press and Media, EU, Turkey, MRFP