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The Bulgaria–Turkey border (Bulgarian: Българо-турска граница, romanized: Būlgaro-turska granitsa, Turkish: Bulgaristan–Türkiye sınırı) is a 513 km (319 mi) long international border between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Turkey. It was established by the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878 as an inner ...
On 5 October 1908, Bulgaria finally declared its complete independence as the Kingdom of Bulgaria. In the Balkan Wars, Bulgaria was able to conquer more territories from the Ottomans and the current border between Bulgaria and Turkey was established in 1913 with the Treaty of Constantinople, which ended the state of war between the two sides. [1]
Big Excursion. The " Big Excursion " (Bulgarian: Голямата екскурзия, romanized: Goliamata Ekskurziya) was the 1989 forced migration (Turkish: 1989 Zorunlu Göç) of Bulgarian Muslims by the Communist government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. In total, around 360,000 Bulgarian Muslims crossed the border into Turkey. [2]
After it leaves Bulgaria, the Maritsa forms most of the Greco-Turkish border. [61] Maritsa's major tributaries are the Tundzha, Arda, Topolnitsa, Vacha, etc. The other Bulgarian rivers flowing directly to the Aegean are the Struma and the Mesta. [60] [61] Bulgaria has around 400 natural lakes with a total area of 95 km 2 and volume of 278 ...
The border at the Rezovo's mouth was the subject of a minor territorial dispute between Bulgaria and Turkey, which was settled in the 1990s. As a result of an agreement between the two countries of 6 May 1992 (ratified by Bulgaria in 1998), Bulgaria received a small land area of several square kilometres in the Rezovo Bay in return for water area in the continental shelf.
Anti-Turkish sentiment, Islamophobia, Bulgarian nationalism. During the Cold War in 1950–1951, hundreds of thousands of Turks left the territory of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The expulsion was planned by the Bulgarian government before it began, and the reason was to secure its national borders and expel the Turkish population.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria signed an agreement on Thursday on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine, following months of ...
22950. Area code. 0284. A queue on the border check point. Hamzabeyli is a village in Lalapaşa District of Edirne Province, Turkey. [1] The village had a population of 177 in 2022. [2] It is one of the three border crossing points between Turkey and Bulgaria. The Hamzabeyli border crossing is the newest bridge along the border, opening between ...