Sürgün ve Hafıza

Ersoy Hacısalihoğlu, Neriman und Hacısalihoğlu, Mehmet (Hrsg.) (2023): Sürgün ve Hafıza. 1989 Göçmenlerinin Anılarına Göre Bulgaristan’daki Zorla Asimilasyon Politikaları ve Türkiye’ye Zorunlu Göç. Diaspora ve Göç Tarihi Dizisi, Bd. 34. Ankara: Yurt Dışı Türkler Başkanlığı.

Abstract

The volume brings together articles organized under four main thematic sections. The first section examines forced assimilation, violence, and compulsory migration under the Bulgarian Communist Party regime, focusing on political, economic, and cultural repression against the Turkish and Muslim minority. Using archival research, oral history, and personal testimonies, the chapters analyze land collectivization after 1945, coercion presented as “voluntary” policy, prison camps, torture, deaths, and the long-term roots of the 1950–1951 and 1989 forced migrations. Particular attention is given to education, historical narratives, language restrictions, and the impact of the so-called “Revival Process,” as well as the often-overlooked experiences of Pomaks, whose persecution began earlier and followed more complex patterns. The second section addresses the trauma of forced migration and the post-migration experiences of migrants in Turkey, including identity formation, social and economic adaptation, childhood migration, women’s citizenship experiences, civil society organization, and commemorative practices. These studies draw on sociological fieldwork, interviews, and oral history to assess both integration and remembrance. The third section, “Witnesses Speak,” presents direct testimonies of male and female victims, detailing imprisonment, exile, torture, and the 1989 expulsions. The final section offers a general assessment through reflections on migration, terminology, and historical context, concluding with a concise history of migrations from Ottoman times to the present Bulgarian lands.

• Dokumententyp: Herausgeberschaft
• Keywords: Bulgaria; Turkish minority; forced migration of 1989; memories of migration
• Fakultät: Kulturwissenschaften > Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde > Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten ; Kulturwissenschaften > Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde > Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten > Turkologie
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
• ISBN: 978-975-17-5587-2
• Ort: Ankara
• Sprache: Türkisch