„Знае ли се какво ще стане на Балканите...“, или преминаването на Симеон II през Турция (1946)
„Do We Know What Will Happen on the Balkans...“, or How Simeon II Crossed Turkey (1946)

Summary/Abstract: The historical turns of the events that took place in Bulgaria in September 1946 were followed closely by the Turkish media. Almost every day the front pages of the leading newspapers carried materials reporting in detail the internal political news in the neighbouring country which, regardless of the editions’ ideological orientation or platform, was approached without prejudice and objectively. The interest of Turkish newspapers and journalists in Bulgaria increased dramatically after the country was proclaimed a republic as a result of a referendum and the spreading of information that the royal family, which was forced to leave the country, would pass through Istanbul. We have tried to resurrect this picture on the basis of the materials featured on the pages of the then widely circulated newspapers Cumhurriyet (Republic), Vatan (Fatherland), Tasvir (Description) and Son Posta (Last Mail), which responded to the event most comprehensively. The articles of young Turkish journalists who reported the passage of the Bulgarian royal family through Turkey with assertion and inspiration, albeit at places with an obvious quest for the glamorous and the sensational, not only throw light on Turkish society but also constitute pristine evidence of an important event in the latest history of Bulgaria.

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