Those who protest assimilation or attempt to practice Islam beyond very narrow limitations are punished. In reaction to this harsh policy. ethnic Turks participated in demonstrations in Bulgaria last month. These protests were violently dispersed by security forces. Estimates of the casualties go as high as 30 ethnic Turks killed and hundreds wounded. Since May 25. several thousand members of the Turkish minority have been separated from their families and forcibly deported from Bulgaria. with no warning and no compensation for the property and valuables left behind. Mr. President. incredibly. the assimilation campaign in Bulgaria has been going on since the 1950s without attracting a good deal of attention from the outside world.
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