[andrey-p]

That's a leftover thing back from Ottoman Empire times. There is not a lot of love for Turkish people in Bulgaria.

So the situation isn't great but it's been not great for a long time.

[toyg]

It’s not well-known in Western Europe, but a lot of what look like racist undertones in the Balkan/Eastern European area, are deep-seated cultural artefacts from centuries of continuous and bloody war with Ottoman invaders.

[mda]

Funny thing is "Bulgars" were Turkic people.

[testestx]

Those are racist undertones, even when put in context.