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Bulgaria’s MRF, other ethnic Turkish parties commemorate victims of communist-era ‘Revival Process’

December 26, 2018December 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms party and other parties with mainly ethnic Turkish electorates are holding traditional commemorations of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms: ‘Prepare to govern’

February 28, 2018March 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the political party that is the fourth-largest in the current National Assembly, has added

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MRF founder Dogan nudges party away from backing motion of no confidence

December 22, 2017December 25, 2017 Alex Bivol Ahmed Dogan, Kornelia Ninova

Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party led and supported in the main

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria used covert surveillance illegally against ‘inconvenient’ politicians, judges and journalists, official says

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan

There have been cases of the illegal use of covert surveillance equipment against “inconvenient” politicians, members of the judiciary and

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Bulgaria 

Turkey has not quite gone away as an issue in Bulgarian politics

March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

The March 2017 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria may be over, but the issue of Turkey’s role in Bulgarian domestic politics

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Bulgaria 

The buses from Bursa: Bulgarians voting, and visiting relatives

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

In a report on the bussing-in of voters from Turkey to Bulgaria for the country’s March 26 elections, public broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Passport or ID card gets voters free bus rides from Turkey to Kurdzhali – report

March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

More than 20 buses arrived from Turkey in a single day in the southern Bulgarian town of Kurdzhali, with passengers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 19

March 19, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Roumen Radev, Turkey, Volen Siderov

With one week to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, party political platform issues were largely swept

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet

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