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Hello everyone. Can you please have a look at the text below? Does it sound natural to you?

I am a person who cares about the objective truth of historical matters and also one who has visited Turkey something like 12–15 times. On the first count I know the Ottoman Empire was, well an empire, and we Bulgarians were subjects. Rebellions happened and so did retribution afterwards, and as long as it was regular Ottoman forces we are talking about it was within reason. Almost all the atrocities were committed by basibozuk militia. As for the general Ottoman policy towards us, it naturally varied during the ages. What the Porte did right was to always side with the locals against the governors and generally stay away from local matters. Your personal status also depended a lot more on your trade than your milet as far as civil law went. For example the muskets for the army in the 16th and 17th centuries were made by Christian gunsmiths in Nis and Sliven. I would guess they had a higher status than a Muslim raya in Asia Minor. As for culture, and I think we Bulgarians are closer to Turks than most, it's practically indistinguishable besides religion and language. We, as much as you, serve cooked wheat with sugar for funerals, gift gold to newborns, sacrifice a lamb in May, and have a very similar mindset, cuisine, fairy tales and folk wisdom .Overall, the Ottoman legacy on both Bulgarians and Turks is undeniable. I cannot guarantee that most Bulgarians feel the same though. While we don't have anything against Turks, and the way Bulgarian Turks were treated is both a taboo and was deeply unpopular back in the day, the Ottoman Empire itself is widely regarded as a foreign oppressor.

Unless you are history buff, and have a basis of comparison, it's hard to argue with that point - we were under foreign rule and second class subjects.

Thank you in advance.