The fabrication of a „Pomak ethnic group“ and the possible revision of the Lausanne Peace Treaty Cover Image

Фабрикуването на „помашки етнос“ и евентуалната ревизия на Лозанския мирен договор
The fabrication of a „Pomak ethnic group“ and the possible revision of the Lausanne Peace Treaty

Author(s): Georgi Stefkov Kulov
Subject(s): Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Ethnic Minorities Studies, EU-Legislation, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Висше училище по сигурност и икономика (ВУСИ)
Keywords: pomak; Lausanne Peace Treaty; revision; ethnic group; Sunni; Shia; Alevi; multiculturalism; U.S. Department of State
Summary/Abstract: Fabricating a „Pomak ethnicity“ is crucial for keeping the state borders set by the Lausanne Peace Treaty and certain Balkan states have been making efforts to assimilate the Bulgarian Muslims within their territories by grouping them into a „Pomak ethnic group“, thus preventing any possibilities for them identifying as Bulgarians.