Bulgar Milliyetçiliğinin Doğuşu, Ortodoks Unsurları, Gelişimi ve Türklerin Ötekileştirilmesi
The Rise of Bulgarian Nationalism, Its Orthodox Component, Evolution and the Making of Turks as “Others”

Summary/Abstract: Being a multi-ethnic Empire turned Ottoman territories in the Balkans a target of nationalism. After being established as a small Principality as a result of the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, became a threat to the Ottoman presence in the Balkans. The creation process of Modern Bulgarian nationalism and its priorities, affected negatively relations between Bulgarians and Turks, and two communities that were having centuries long peaceful co-existence found themselves among conflicts and wars. The rise and progress of Bulgarian nationalism followed parallel path with the success of the process “creating the other”. By studying Bulgarian nationalism historically and not seeing it only as a contemporary phenomenon, this work examines the way how new national borders were created in Bulgaria and to which extent the Turks were made as others during Bulgarian national resurgence. Focusing on different markers of identity such as language, religion and culture gives the possiblity to understand how the Turks were excluded from the nation building process in Bulgaria.

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