Bulgaria: Anti-Turkish posters mark independence day
The Bulgarian town of Sliven awoke on March 3 showered with nationalistic and anti-Turkish posters from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation, (VMRO) as abbreviated in Bulgarian.
While some of the posters congratulated Bulgaria on its national holiday, others were staunchly nationalistic and anti-Turkish, calling for a ban on Turkish integration into Europe.
March 3 sees Bulgaria celebrate its national day, marking the 132nd anniversary of its 1878 liberation from Ottoman rule.
VMRO was the name of a revolutionary national liberation movement during the Ottoman occupation in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Initially, its aim was to gain autonomy for Macedonia and Adrianople regions in Ottoman Empire, but later it became an agent serving Bulgarian interests in Balkan politics.
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Source: Sophia Echo (English)
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