The Turkish minority in Bulgaria

Euxeinos. Culture and Governance in the Black Sea Region (GCE-HSG) 8/2012, pp. 12-18

Marina Liakova *

The Turks constitute the largest ethnic minority in Bulgaria. The Turkish minority is well represented in politics and public administration, but it only marginally takes part in social and economic life in Bulgaria. In the public perception of the ethnic Bulgarians negative attitudes towards “the Turks” and Islam prevail, which can be traced back to the Ottoman era.

* Marina Liakova, Dr. phil., studied Sociology and Mass Communication at the St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia and at the University of Bielefeld. Since 2008 she has worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Karlsruhe University of Education.

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