Original sentence: A number of Macedonian Slavic and Turkish place names and Slavic personal surnames were renamed during this period.Greece adopted strongly repressive policies towards the Slavic population in its northern regions, mainly due to Bulgaria's expantionist policy during the Second Balkan War.The Greek government and people have never recognized the existence of a "Macedonian" ethnic group.The Slavophones that stayed in northwestern Greece were regarded as a potentially disloyal "Bulgarian minority" and came under severe pressure, with restrictions on their movements, cultural activities and political rights; as a result many emigrated, for the most part to Canada, Australia, USA and eastern European countries like Bulgaria.The term "Macedonians" is already in use by the Greeks to refer to the Greek population that has historically inhabited the northern-most region of the Greek peninsula, also known as Macedonia (Greece).Those that inhabited northeastern Greece were exchanged with Greeks from Bulgaria and Serbia
Edited sentence: A large number of Macedonian Slavic and Turkish place names and Slavic personal surnames were renamed during this period, as part of a government-sponsored process called "Hellenization".Even today, the Greek government denies their existence as a national minority.Greece adopted strongly repressive policies towards the Slav population of Macedonian and Bulgarian origin in its northern regions.Those that inhabited northeastern Greece were forcibly exchanged with Greeks from Bulgaria and Serbia.Those that stayed in northwestern Greece were regarded as a potentially disloyal Slavophone minority and came under severe pressure, with restrictions on their movements, cultural activities and political rights; as a result many emigrated, for the most part to Canada, Australia, USA and eastern European countries like Bulgaria