The Bulgarians in Istanbul between reforms and revolution (1875—1877)
Langage: Bulgarian with summary in English

Foreword

Introduction: The Bulgarians in Istanbul during the Bulgarian National Revival

Chapter one: Ideas and attempts to turn Istanbul into a Bulgarian capital of the Bulgarian National Revival

1. The Bulgarian political and spiritual centre in Istanbul during the 1860s

2. The disputes for an uprising in Bulgaria in September 1875 and the Bulgarians in Istanbul

3. Vasil Levski and the Bulgarians in Istanbul

Chapter two: The legal political actions of the Bulgarians on the eve of the April Uprising

1. The beginning of the end

2. The plans for an uprising in Bulgaria in September 1875 and the Bulgarians in Istanbul

3. The Sultan’s reforms and the and the Bulgarians in Istanbul or how an attempt to “untie the silence” of the rayah was made

4. Expecting the inevitable

Chapter three: The Bulgarians in Istanbul and the campaign in defense of the national interests after the April Uprising

1. The road from grief and despair to hope

2. The Exarchate and the Bulgarians in Istanbul after the April Uprising

3. Dragan Tsankov and Marko Balabanov’s mission and the Bulgarians along the Bosphorus

Chapter four: The splitting up of the Bulgarians in Istanbul. Dr Stoyan Chomakov against Dragan Tsankov and Marko Balabanov’s diplomatic mission

1. The preconditions for the conflict

2. Dr Stoyan Chomakov and the preparation of the diplomatic mission of the summer of 1876

3. A clash without an alternative

4. The Bulgarians in Istanbul and the ambassadors’ conference in December 1876 to January 1877

Chapter five: The charity after the April Uprising and the Bulgarians

1. Charity and national unity

2. The Russian and English charity and the Bulgarians

Afterword

References

Abbreviations

Indexes

Summary in English

Цариградските българи между реформите и революцията (1875–1877 г.)

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