The Turks of Bulgaria: An Outlier Case of Forced Migration and Voluntary Return

An earlier version of this article was presented at the workshop “Peace Processes and Durable Solutions to Displacement” at the British Institute at Ankara on 17-19 April 2015. I would like to express my gratitude to the participants of this workshop, Neophytos Loizides, Djordje Stefanovic and Ayşe Betül Çelik for their invaluable feedback on the initial version of this article as being the organizers of the Workshop and the editors of the Special Issue, along with Işık Kuşçu for her insightful comments and Birgül Demirtaş for serving as discussant and reflecting very constructive critique. In addition, I extend warm thanks to Jane O'Mahony and Jenaline Pyle, as well as two anonymous referees, as this article improved a lot thanks to their exceptionally helpful suggestions and comments. I would also like to thank all interviewees for providing their time for the completion of this research. I retain full responsibility for the views expressed in this article and for any mistakes. Special thanks to Howard Duncan for his excellent editorial support, Sevinc Deliahmed for her kind assistance during my field research and Plamen Ralchev for his generosity, as I greatly benefited from his expertise and wide network. Finally, I am grateful to my doctoral supervisors, Richard G.Whitman and Neophytos Loizides who have helped me in developing this research agenda and provided me their invaluable feedback and advice in various stages of this research.