Bosnia: Commemoration of the victims of the Kapija massacre 28 years ago
Crimes against the youth of Tuzla In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the 71 victims of the Kapija massacre, who died in a grenade attack by the Bosnian-Serbian army…
Ethnic cleansing
May 24, 1989: The expulsion of the Bulgarian Turks
34 years ago, on May 24, 1989, the mass exodus of around 350,000 Bulgarian Turks began, victims of a forced assimilation policy of the communist…
De-Ottomanization of Land. Muslim Migrations and Ownership in the Bulgarian Countryside after 1878
By Krzysztof Popek, Ph.D Land was of crucial importance to the Bulgarian society, which until the mid-20th century primarily inhabited rural areas, and was mainly…
Muslim Emigration from the Balkan Peninsula in the 19th Century: A Historical Outline
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D The19th century was a tempestuous time for the Balkans. There were wars, revolts against local liege lords, battles between armed…
“To Cut Down the Forest of Minarets”: The Transformation of Bulgarian Cities After 1878
By Krzysztof Popek , Ph.D The period in Bulgarian history after the Liberation and the creation of the modern state in 1878 was linked to…