List of massacres in Ottoman Bulgaria

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Bulgaria and its predecessors:

Event Most significant massacre Date Perpetrator Deaths Target
April Uprising[1] Batak massacre 1876 Ottoman irregular troops, composed mainly of Pomaks in Batak 7,000[2] Bulgarian civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Stara Zagora massacre 1877–78 Suleiman Pasha's Ottoman Army, composed mainly of 48,000 Albanian troops 14,500[3][4] Bulgarian civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Harmanli massacre 16–17 January 1878 Russian Empire , Bulgarian rebels 2,000-5,000[5] Muslim civilians
First Balkan War Strumnitsa 1912 Bulgarian Army 3,000-4,000[6] Turkish Civilian
First Balkan War Kukush October, 30 1912 Komitadji 700 burned + up to 2,000 slaughter[7] Disarmed Ottoman Soldiers^
Second Balkan War Serres September 5, 1913. Bulgarian Army 600[8][9] Turkish Civilians^

Remains from the Stara Zagora massacre

References
  1. "Bulgarian Horrors | European history".
  2. Crowe, D. (2016-04-30). A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia. ISBN 9781349606719.
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  4. Statistika (54 ed.). Indiana University. 2002. p. 35.
  5. Medlicott, William Norton (2013-10-28). Congress of Berlin and After. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-136-24317-2.
  6. "Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars". The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 277. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
  7. "Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars". The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 279. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
  8. "Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars". The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 280. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
  9. "Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars". The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 280. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
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