In May 1989. Bulgarian troops and police attacked ethnic Turks and others who were peacefully demonstrating against their discriminatory treatment in Bulgaria. Since these demonstrations. the Government of Bulgaria has forcibly expelled or coerced tens of thousands of ethnic Turks into emigrating to Turkey. most often on very short notice and without most of their possessions or money. Whereas the Bulgarian authorities are now trying to make this mass exodus of Turks seem like a humanitarian gesture in keeping with their Helsinki obligations. in fact. most of those who are leaving Bulgaria are doing so in a hasty. coerced fashion without the time to claim their rightful pensions or to sell their homes or other property. And.
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