My mother is Turkish, my father is Pomak. I grew up in a village where there are Pomaks, Turks, Bulgarians, Tatars and Gypsies. Mixed marriages have long been commonplace there. We've been playing with everything since we were little, and we never knew it mattered. When I went to high school in a nearby town, it was only then that I realized that there was such a thing as ethnic prejudice. It was hellishly weird for someone to judge me just because I was someone. Honestly, I was offended and even harassed for it. But what I mean is that these are all just prejudices. We all eat Bulgarian bread, we were born here, we grew up here, our homes and relatives are here, our whole life is here. In my village to this day there is understanding, mixed marriages, celebrating all the holidays together. On Eid, Muslims drink mekici, candy, and angelic Christians, with the Christians, the Muslims are beaten with Easter eggs. All these divisions are so stupid. If you love each other, what does it matter? I myself had a serious relationship with a Bulgarian woman, it was never a problem who was what. Then it happened that I married a Turkish woman, I did not choose her for that, I fell in love. My child is 8. I didn't even mention to him that there is such a thing as ethnicities. There are also Turks in their class, the teacher told them that they are all Bulgarians since they were born in Bulgaria. I only once tried to explain to my child that there are people of different origins in Bulgaria. She said "if I was born in Bulgaria, then I am Bulgarian" and I never raised the issue again. This is how it is determined, I accept her decision, even though she is 8. At home we speak Bulgarian, she doesn't know any Turkish. In general, things have become quite depersonalized and I see no point in dividing. Even religions are not what they were for our grandparents. And this reason for division is gone. Come to think of it, one of my neighbors is a Pomak, he married a Bulgarian woman, a wonderful family and the best people I know. My other Pomak neighbor, married a Turkish woman, opposite my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Turkish father, married a Bulgarian, next to her my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Pomak father married a Turkish woman. Well, everyone is happy, they have children, they understand each other, they have studied, they have professions, they are moving forward. My father has 3 children - they are Pomaks. He is married to a Turk, one of his sisters to a Bulgarian, the other to a Pomak. No one complained and everyone has been together for 30-40 years. one of my neighbors is a pomak, he married a Bulgarian woman, a wonderful family and the best people I know. My other Pomak neighbor, married a Turkish woman, opposite my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Turkish father, married a Bulgarian, next to her my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Pomak father married a Turkish woman. Well, everyone is happy, they have children, they understand each other, they have studied, they have professions, they are moving forward. My father has 3 children - they are Pomaks. He is married to a Turk, one of his sisters to a Bulgarian, the other to a Pomak. No one complained and everyone has been together for 30-40 years. one of my neighbors is a pomak, he married a Bulgarian woman, a wonderful family and the best people I know. My other Pomak neighbor, married a Turkish woman, opposite my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Turkish father, married a Bulgarian, next to her my neighbor a Tatar mother and a Pomak father married a Turkish woman. Well, everyone is happy, they have children, they understand each other, they have studied, they have professions, they are moving forward. My father has 3 children - they are Pomaks. He is married to a Turk, one of his sisters to a Bulgarian, the other to a Pomak. No one complained and everyone has been together for 30-40 years. they understand each other, they have studied, they have professions, they are moving forward. My father has 3 children - they are Pomaks. He is married to a Turk, one of his sisters to a Bulgarian, the other to a Pomak. No one complained and everyone has been together for 30-40 years. they understand each other, they have studied, they have professions, they are moving forward. My father has 3 children - they are Pomaks. He is married to a Turk, one of his sisters to a Bulgarian, the other to a Pomak. No one complained and everyone has been together for 30-40 years.
1 anahim016 answered
You are mistaken - there are only 5% Turks in Madan. But a significant part are Pomaks. He is much more likely to be a Pomak than a Turk. And yet we are all human.