Turkish minority in Bulgaria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Turkish_minority_in_Bulgaria

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations	Federation of Turkish Cultural Centers in Bulgaria
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Turkey gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:education	Turkish (optional in schools)
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Ramadan gptkb:Kurban_Bayramı Hıdırellez festival
gptkbp:historicalName	descendants of Ottoman settlers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Turkish minority in Bulgaria
gptkbp:languageStatus	minority language
gptkbp:mainLanguage	Turkish
gptkbp:mediaType	Turkish-language newspapers Turkish-language radio Turkish-language TV programs
gptkbp:minorityIn	yes
gptkbp:notableEvent	Revival Process forced assimilation campaign (1984–1989) mass emigration to Turkey (1989)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Cemil_Çiçek gptkb:Ahmed_Dogan gptkb:Lütfi_Mestan gptkb:Mustafa_Karadayi Aliosman Imamov Ayhan Etem Ayten Mutlu Erdoğan Demir Filiz Hyusmenova Hüseyin Hafızov Ismet Yüksel Mehmed Dikme Nedim Gencev Nihat Kabil Rafet Canıtez Remzi Osman Yordan Tsonev Yüksel Özkan Şabanali Ahmed
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms
gptkbp:population	8.4% (2021 census) about 588,318 (2021 census)
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Burgas_Province gptkb:Dobrich_Province gptkb:Kardzhali_Province gptkb:Razgrad_Province gptkb:Shumen_Province gptkb:Silistra_Province gptkb:Targovishte_Province
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Bulgarian_Muslims gptkb:Pomaks Roma in Bulgaria Turks in the Balkans
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms gptkb:Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms_(until_2001) gptkb:Bulgaria-Turkey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7