List of massacres in Ottoman Bulgaria
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Ottoman Bulgaria (1396–1878). All events and massacres should be notable and linked to the appropriate article; if no article exists for an individual massacre, references must be provided for the massacre. Names of massacres should follow the article titles; if none exists, a consensus of the massacre name in English language reliable sources should be used.
| Event | Massacre name | Date | Perpetrator | Deaths | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April Uprising | Koprivshtitsa massacre | 27–28 May 1876 | local Bulgarians | 70 | Muslim Roma[1][2] |
| April Uprising[3] | Batak massacre | 1876 | Ottoman irregular troops | 7,000[4] | Bulgarian civilians |
| Boyadzhik massacre | Circassian paramilitaries (bashi-bazouk) | 145[5][6][better source needed] | Bulgarian non-combatant civilians | ||
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Stara Zagora massacre | 1877–78 | Suleiman Pasha's Ottoman Army, composed mainly of 48,000 Albanian troops | 14,500[7][8] | Bulgarian civilians |
| The Terror (Karlovo massacre) | 22–23 July 1877 | Circassian paramilitaries | 288[9] | ||
| Kalofer massacre | 26–28 July 1877 | 1,600[10] | |||
| Kavarna massacre | 21 July–8 August 1877 | 1,000[11] | Bulgarian, Gagauz, Greek civilians | ||
| Kazanlak massacre | December 1877 | Russian Empire, Bulgarians | 1,751 killed,
54 injured, 173 abducted, 270 missing[12] |
Turkish civilians | |
| Harmanli massacre | 16–17 January 1878 | 2,000-5,000[13] | Muslim civilians (mostly Turkish) |
