Destruction of the Thracian Bulgarians
| Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians | |
|---|---|
| Part of late Ottoman genocides and the Second Balkan War | |
Ethnic map of Adrianople Thrace in 1912 according to the academic Lyubomir Miletich. The areas with a Bulgarian majority are coloured green, Turkish red, and Greek brown. | |
| Location | Thrace |
| Date | 1913 |
| Target | Thracian Bulgarians |
Attack type | Genocide, ethnic cleansing, arson |
| Deaths | 50,000–60,000 |
| Perpetrators | Ottoman Empire, Greek irregulars |
The Destruction of the Thracian Bulgarians in 1913 (Bulgarian: Разорението на тракийските българи през 1913 г., Razorenieto na trakiyskite balgari prez 1913 g., also translated as "The Devastation" or "The Ruin of the Thracian Bulgarians in 1913") was the mass extermination and ethnic cleansing of the Bulgarian population in Eastern Thrace (now mainly in Edirne Province, Kırklareli Province and Tekirdağ Province in Turkey and Eastern Rhodope Mountains in Evros Prefecture in Greece) during the Second Balkan War and in a short period after it. On the other hand, Bulgarian Turks, Pomaks and Muslim Roma from Northern Thrace in Bulgaria, were expelled and settled in the whole Eastern Thrace in 1913. The events were documented in a book of the same name published by the Bulgarian academic Lyubomir Miletich in 1918.