Revival Process (forced assimilation, 1980s)

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf forced assimilation campaign
gptkbp:affectedPopulation over 300,000
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Vazroditelen protses
gptkbp:condemnedBy international human rights organizations
gptkbp:describedBy ethnic cleansing by some historians
gptkbp:endDate 1989
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Revival Process (forced assimilation, 1980s)
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Bulgarian_Communist_Party
gptkbp:leaderDuringProcess gptkb:Todor_Zhivkov
gptkbp:legacy ongoing ethnic tensions in Bulgaria
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkbp:mainActivity gptkb:migration
forced name changes
ban on Islamic religious practices
ban on Turkish language
gptkbp:relatedEvent Big Excursion (1989)
gptkbp:relatedGroup Muslim minorities in Bulgaria
ethnic Turks in Bulgaria
gptkbp:resultedIn mass exodus to Turkey
gptkbp:startDate 1984
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bulgarian_Turks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7