Bulgarların Kökeni ve Bağımsızlık Hareketleri
The Origin of The Bulgars and Their Independence Movements

Summary/Abstract: Archaeological remains indicate that the Bulgarians were a Turkish tribe. The Bulgarians living under the rule of the Gokturks established the 'Great Bulgarian State' in 630, during the weak period of the Gokturks. This state was distributed by the Khazar Khanate (665). The Bulgarians under the administration of Asparuh headed towards the Danube, where they joined the Oghuzes and Huns and dominated these lands under the Bulgarian name. After the Great Kosovo war (1839), all Bulgaria up to the Danube and Vidin came under Ottoman rule and was freed to live the religious and national values of the people. Independence movements in the Bulgarians first started in the second half of the 18th century. After the 1828-29 Ottoman-Russian war, the Russians supported the gang activities of the Bulgarians. The Bulgarians started to tend to leave the Ottoman State by taking advantage of the activities of the Russians in the Balkans. The Bulgarian independence movement reached its peak in the 1860s, both as an ideological development and as an organization. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church was known for an edict on March 11, 1870, after which the national Bulgarian church was established. The Bulgarians, who gained their religious independence, continued to fight to gain their political independence, with two strong attempts at revolution in 1875 and 1876. The Battle of 1877-1878 In the Ottoman-Russian struggle, Bulgarians gave great support to Russia, Bulgarian volunteers fought against the Ottoman State in the Russian army. In this war, many Muslims died and many Muslims had to migrate by leaving their homes. In this study; The Bulgarians are a Turkish origin society, not with Turkish identities in the process of achieving their political independence, give directions their activities according to their religious identities, struggles to achieve their independence are described.

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