TIMES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: THE PIOUS ENDOWMENT OF MIHALOĞLU MAHMUD BEY FROM ITS ESTABLISHEMENT IN THE 15 TH UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY

The modern town of Ihtiman owes its establishment and further development during the Ottoman period to the members of the noble Mihaloğlu family who settled in Ihtiman and turned it into its residence and a center of its large pious foundation, founded to supp...

THE ROLE OF THE EDUCATION AND THE “CULTURAL REVOLUTION” IN THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY’S MODERNIZATION POLITICS AMONG THE TURKISH WOMEN IN BULGARIA

The post-war situation confronts the Turkish population in Bulgaria with the challenges of both the strained relations between Sofia and Ankara and the assimilation-led policies of the communist ideology against the minority. This publication examines the atte...

MEMORIES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE BULGARIAN TURKS DURING THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME

The proposed text does not attempt to present in detail the transformations pertaining to the Bulgarian Turks that have taken place in the state system and the society in Bulgaria since November 10, 1989. Rather, it attempts to explore a phenomenon which, at f...

THE DEATH OF KING EDUARD VII AND THE POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BULGARIA AND GREAT BRITAIN

The article aims to show some unknown historical facts about the death of King Edward VII of England. In this context the political relations between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria are developing. In view of the polarization of Europe between t...

100-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY OF NEUILLY