CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS XI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO MINORITY ISSUES IN THE BALKANS 3
Mehmet HACISALIHOĞLU and Fuat AKSU
WELCOMING REMARKS 17
Gencer ÖZCAN
OPENING REMARKS 21
Güner ÖZTEK
MINORITIES IN THE BALKANS: THE OTTOMAN HERITAGE REVISITED 25
Hans Georg MAJER
ALBANIAN AND GREEK POLICIES FOR VARIOUS MINORITIES DURING
THE 20TH CENTURY 35
Beqir META
THE TURKISH MINORITY IN MACEDONIA: BETWEEN PREJUDICES OF
THE PAST AND MINORITISATION OF THE PRESENT 43
Mirjana NAJČEVSKA
MINORITY RIGHTS IN MOLDOVA AND THE GAGAUZ 51
Olga RADOVA
MINORITIES IN THE BALKANS AND THE ISSUE OF TOPONYMY: THE
BULGARIAN CASE 61
Mehmet HACISALIHOĞLU
MUSLIM MINORITIES AND THE DEMOCRATISATION PROCESS IN
BULGARIA 79
Krasimir KĂNEV
CHANGING ASPECTS OF MINORITY POLICY IN BULGARIA AFTER
1989: THE CASE OF THE MUSLIM-TURKISH MINORITY 89
Ali DAYIOĞLU
THE TURKS OF THE DODECANESE: FROM LAUSANNE TO PRESENT 109
Elçin MACAR
MINORITIES IN GREECE: STATE POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
PRACTICES 119
Lambros BALTSIOTIS
A DISPUTE EASY TO SETTLE: MINORITY ISSUES IN TURKISH-GREEK
RELATIONS 137
Fuat AKSU
DISCUSSIONS 149
CONFERENCE REPORT 175
Laçin İdil ÖZTIĞ