Turkish exodus in 1989 was ethnic purge: Bulgarian archives
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The exile of 340,000 ethnic Turks from Bulgaria between June and September 1989 was an ethnic purge and was not voluntary as presented at the time, new documents published Monday showed. "We are on the brink of a massive exodus... which is however necessary and welcome for us," communist dictator Todor Zhivkov told top party officials at the onset of the purge in early July 1989, according to the documents from Bulgaria's ex-communist party.
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