%0 Journal Article %T Namecide and Resistance in Socialist Bulgaria %A Vildane £¿zkan %J - %D 2018 %X The concept of namecide defines the systematic-political forced removal of native names belonging to ethnic, cultural, religious or national groups. Instead of the namecide concept, the phrase ¡°forced change of name¡± is used in the dominant and widespread literature.In modern Europe the most obvious and accelerated example of namecide includes some implementations during ethnic genocide on national Turkish minority, the so-called ¡°revival process¡± in socialist Bulgaria. The study examines the patterns of reaction and resistance given by national Turkish minority against namecide implementation in socialist Bulgaria, with focusing on the period between 1984-89. In this study were used empirical data of the nature of primary sources collected in the form of observations and interviews with victims %K Sosyalist Bulgar Politik Otoritesi %K Etnik Soyk£¿r£¿m %K Etnik S¨¹p¨¹rme %K Adk£¿r£¿m£¿ %K Direni£¿ %K Yerli Ulusal T¨¹rk Az£¿nl£¿£¿£¿ %K Ma£¿dur %U http://dergipark.org.tr/atdd/issue/38908/454703