Pokrenut od strane totalitarnog režima Todora Živkova 1984, takozvani "proces preporoda" kulminirao je 1989, kad je preko 360.000 građana Bugarske turskog porijekla bilo primorano da pobjegne od kuće i da potraži sklonište u susjednoj Turskoj.
Launched by Todor Zhivkov's totalitarian regime in 1984, the so-called "Revival Process" culminated in 1989, when more than 360,000 Bulgarian citizens of Turkish descent were forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighbouring Turkey.