1972’de Bulgaristan’daki M\u00fcsl\u00fcman T\u00fcrk n\u00fcfusa y\u00f6nelik operasyonlar yeniden h\u0131z kazand\u0131\u011f\u0131nda askerler ilk olarak Pomak k\u00f6ylerinden Barutin’i ku\u015fatt\u0131. K\u00f6y\u00fcn tarihsel bir anlam\u0131, \u00f6nemi vard\u0131 \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc. Bu k\u00f6y, 1876’da ya\u015fanan Bulgar Katliam\u0131’n\u0131n ba\u015flamas\u0131na neden olan Ahmet A\u011fa’n\u0131n k\u00f6y\u00fcyd\u00fc.<\/p>\n
Ahmet A\u011fa’n\u0131n, \u00fc\u00e7 kasabada bayrak \u00e7ekip ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131k il\u00e2n\u0131 \u00fczerine \u00e7\u0131kan \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalarda bine yak\u0131n M\u00fcsl\u00fcman \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fcld\u00fc.
\nBosna Hersek’teki sava\u015f nedeniyle asker eksi\u011fini b\u00f6lgedeki \u00c7erkes ve ba\u015f\u0131bozuklarla kapat\u0131p isyanc\u0131lar\u0131n \u00fczerine y\u00fcr\u00fcyen i\u015fte o Ahmet A\u011fa olmu\u015ftu. \u00d6ld\u00fcr\u00fclen M\u00fcsl\u00fcmanlar\u0131n kar\u015f\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ok sert ald\u0131. Tarih\u00e7iler 3 binle 12 bin aras\u0131nda de\u011fi\u015fen rakamlar veriyor olaylarda \u00f6lenlerin say\u0131s\u0131 i\u00e7in.<\/p>\n
Osmanl\u0131 olaylar\u0131 durdurmak i\u00e7in Bulgar k\u00f6ylerine silah da\u011f\u0131tt\u0131, isyan\u0131 bast\u0131ranlara kar\u015f\u0131 \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalara bile girdi yer yer. Mahkemede 5 idam ve 64 falaka cezas\u0131 verdi hatta.
\nZaman zaman ya\u015fanan bu ve benzeri \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalardan biriydi asl\u0131nda olup biten.
\nBu sefer \u00f6yle kalmad\u0131.<\/p>\n
\u0130ngiliz gazeteleri \u201cBulgar Deh\u015feti\u201d diye man\u015fetler atmaya ba\u015flad\u0131.
\nKesif T\u00fcrk d\u00fc\u015fman\u0131 eski Ba\u015fbakanlardan Gladstone’un ba\u015f\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ekti\u011fi kampanya sonunda T\u00fcrkler Bulgaristan’da 50 binden 200 bine kadar de\u011fi\u015fen say\u0131larda insan\u0131 kesmekle su\u00e7land\u0131. Kitaplar yaz\u0131ld\u0131, tablolar \u00e7izildi, saf masum H\u0131ristiyan k\u0131zlar\u0131 hareme kapatan tecav\u00fcz eden esir pazarlar\u0131nda satan \u201c\u015feytan katil T\u00fcrk\u201d imaj\u0131 bir kez daha kaz\u0131nd\u0131 Bat\u0131 insan\u0131n\u0131n haf\u0131zas\u0131na, beynine.
\nGladstone’un kar\u015f\u0131l\u0131k bulan ve \u0130ngiliz halk\u0131na bir ba\u015fka \u00fclke aleyhine ilk defa sokaklarda g\u00f6steri yapt\u0131ran as\u0131l sebep Bab\u0131ali’nin bor\u00e7lar\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6deyemeyecek duruma gelip bir plan sunmas\u0131yla ortaya \u00e7\u0131kan Osmanl\u0131 tahvillerindeki de\u011fer kayb\u0131yd\u0131.
\nTarihsel her konuda oldu\u011fu gibi alt\u0131nda yine basit maddi \u00e7\u0131kar vard\u0131 olup bitenlerin.<\/p>\n
Victor Hugo, Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde ve benzeri pop\u00fcler isimlerin hararetle katk\u0131 sundu\u011fu propagandan\u0131n ucuz, haks\u0131z ve hele \u015fovmen Gladstone’un \u00e7ok ikiy\u00fczl\u00fc oldu\u011funu yazan da Karl Marx’t\u0131. Marx, \u201cMuhammed’in \u00e7ocuklar\u0131n\u0131n b\u00fct\u00fcn H\u0131ristiyan sahtekarlara ve ikiy\u00fczl\u00fc gaddarl\u0131k tacirlerine kar\u015f\u0131 ald\u0131klar\u0131 \u015ferefli tutum\u201d diyerek T\u00fcrkleri \u00f6v\u00fcyordu.
\nGer\u00e7e\u011fin ne oldu\u011fu da bu kar\u015f\u0131 \u00e7abalar da i\u015fe yaramad\u0131.<\/p>