Turkey and Turkish/Muslim minorities in Greece and Bulgaria (1923-1938)

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Emen, Gözde

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This thesis examined how Turkish perception of insecurity, which was based on its suspicions about Greek and Bulgarian intentions and politics towards its territorial integrity and stability of its regime, shaped its view of Turkish/Muslim minorities living in these two states in the early Republican period. Using a wealth of archival material and newspapers, it questioned to what extent these physical and ideological concerns of the Turkish Republic played a role in its approach to these minorities in the period between 1923 and 1938. Turkey perceived the Greek and Bulgarian maltreatment of these minorities as a part of these states’ hostile intentions regarding the new Turkish state. Thus, what this thesis argued is that Turkey responded to pressure on Turkish/Muslim minorities in these two states not only because of humanitarian concerns but according to its security concern, which became an important factor to determine Turkish interventionist approach to the minority issues in Greece and Bulgaria in this period.

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Bulgaria, Minorities, Muslims, Greece, Minorities, Muslims

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21045

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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G. Emen, “Turkey and Turkish/Muslim minorities in Greece and Bulgaria (1923-1938),” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2011.