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Yablanovo and Filaretovo honour victims of communist assimilation campaign

published on 1/19/25 7:40 AM

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The villages of Yablanovo and Filaretovo will today hold a memorial ceremony for the victims of the forced renaming of Bulgarian Turks during the so-called "revival process" a campaign of forced assimilation under communism, in which people of Turkish origin were ordered to change their names to Bulgarian.

On 17, 18 and 19 January 1985, riots broke out in Yablanovo, with local people blocking the roads to the village. The riots were put down after the intervention of armoured troops from the Third Bulgarian Army. Eight people died, including a baby, hundreds were beaten and arrested, and 517 residents were sent to the Belene concentration camp.

Mogilyane honours victims of assimilation campaign

Four decades after the crimes against the Bulgarian Turks, there have been no convictions.

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