@article{article_600031, title={Comparing Bulgarian and Greek Policies for the Integration of Turkish/Muslim Minorities: The Cold War Period}, journal={Bilig}, pages={21–41}, year={2019}, DOI={10.12995/bilig.9002}, author={Korkmaz, Nuri}, keywords={Turkish minority,Western Thrace,Bulgaria,communism,democracy,comparative policy analysis,Greece}, abstract={ Comparing political approaches toward Turkish/Muslim minorities  in Bulgaria and Greece became a necessity in order to examine the  integration of minority groups under different conditions. This study  focuses on the policies of integration of ethnic/religious minorities  in Bulgaria and Greece during the Cold War period, studies various  methodologies adopted by the communist rule in Bulgaria and the  liberal democratic rule in Greece. Since Turkish/Muslim minorities in  Bulgaria and Greece claim Turkey as their kin-state, the study partially  reflects the perception of minority groups by the majority. Several  factors such as educational policies, religion and political approaches  to integrate minorities have been evaluated in order to give an overview  on the peculiarities and similarities in both cases that are compared.  There is detailed analysis also on the issue of national identities and how  their conditionality has been defined with the co-existence of minority  groups in Bulgaria and in Greece. }, number={90}, publisher={Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University}