Bulgaria’s Turkish minority and Turkey-Bulgaria relations 1923-1939

This article aims to insight into the relations between Turkey and Bulgaria in regards to the issue of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria in the period between 1923-1939. Indeed, from the establishment of the Republic of Turkey to the beginning of WWII, the most important issue in the relations between these two states was Bulgaria’s Turkish minority. As a consequence of this, the living conditions of this community were clearly influenced by the political relationship between Ankara and Sofia. In this context, it is useful to investigate into how the Turkish minority’s living condition were affected by these two states in the interwar era by taking into consideration regional political conjuncture and social dynamics in this article.