SOME OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE PLACE OF THE TURKISH MINORITY IN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS OF BULGARIA Cover Image

BULGARİSTAN TARİH DERS KİTAPLARINDA TÜRK AZINLIĞIN YERİNE İLİŞKİN BAZI GÖZLEMLER
SOME OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE PLACE OF THE TURKISH MINORITY IN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS OF BULGARIA

Author(s): Mümin İsov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Trakya Üniversitesi Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü
Keywords: Turks of Bulgaria; Bulgarian Nationalism; Nationalist Idea; Collective Identity; History Textbooks

Summary/Abstract: By following the idea of nationalism idea in history textbooks of Bulgaria since the foundation of the country, this article aims to place the role of education for the Turks of Bulgaria who constitute a minority community. This place of education is more or less perceived as the continuation of the Ottoman regime that ended in Bulgaria in 1878. Thus, as it is the case for all Balkan countries, this way of interpretation shows that collective identity and state legality has developed as a reaction against the Ottoman heritage.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-51
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish
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