UTC The forced Bulgarization of the Turkish minority is conveniently blamed on the communists It was not a 1990s issue Bulgaria was not a communist country in 1940 when most Turkish names of places and towns were renamed with Bulgarian names There were repeated campaigns against the Turks by Bulgarian governments which were mostly backed by the citizens When communism collapsed and Turks were given back some degree of freedom there were public protests and demonstrations staged by Bulgarian citizenry So Bulgarians considering this issue not to be notable enough should be weighted in the light of these facts 03 26 15 December 2007