A Brief History of Bulgaria from the Fırst Bulgarian State to the Principality of Bulgaria

Abstract

The term Bulgar emerged as a result of the encounters and mingling of the Huns, who migrated from Central Europe to the east, with another Turkish tribe, the Ogurs, in the Black Sea. The word Bulgar, which is a Turkish word, is derived from the verb bulgalama, which means to mix. In the sources, the name Bulgar is first mentioned in the sources in 482, with the Byzantine Emperor Zenon's request for help against the Ostrogoth King Theodoric. After the end of the Göktürk domination, Kubrat from the Onogur tribe managed to unite the Ogur tribes and establish a strong state under the name of Great Bulgaria. First Bulgarian State; Byzantine Emperor IV. It emerged when Konstantinos accepted the establishment of an independent Bulgarian state in the region from the south of the Danuberiver to the Balkan mountainsaftersigningpeacewithAsparuh in 681. Second BulgarianState; It is a state that emerged as a result of the agreement signed with Byzantium in 1187, which started with the revolt of the Kipchak origin Peter and Asen brothers, near Tırnova in 1185, against Byzantium, with the support of the people, and declaring themselves Tsar II. From this date on wards, the Bulgarian State was vassalt of the Ottoman Empire for a certain period of time, and from 1396 to 1878, the Bulgarian State disappeared and the lands it rule dremained an Ottoman territory for five centuries. The Bulgarian State, which reemerged as the Bulgarian Principality in 1878, declared its independence in 1908 and became a sovereign state in the Balkan geography.