ShAmong the Turkic peoples, the Shors constitute a small community in terms of population but are exceptionally rich in cultural heritage. They hold a unique position within the ethnic and folkloric mosaic of Southern Siberia. Throughout history, this community has been referred to by various names; today, it continues to live primarily in Southern Siberia, especially in the Kemerovo Oblast of the Russian Federation. The Shors occupy an original place in the Turkic mythological world through their
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Duygu Şahinler

Forced Migration of Turks in Bulgaria is the event in which the totalitarian communist regime in Bulgaria reached the peak of its systematic assimilation policies targeting the Turkish minority, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to migrate en masse to Türkiye, their ancestral homeland. During this process, over 300,000 Turks from Bulgaria left their country to preserve their ethnic, cultural, and religious identity. This migration had profound social, political, and economic consequences f
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Duygu Şahinler

The Forced Migration of Turks from Bulgaria was the culmination of the systematic assimilation policies pursued by Bulgaria’s totalitarian communist regime against the Turkish minority living in the country, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people being compelled to migrate en masse to Türkiye, their ancestral homeland. During this process, over 300,000 Bulgarians of Turkish origin left their country to preserve their ethnic, cultural, and religious identity. This migration had profound soc
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Duygu Şahinler