2. The Turkish Yoke was a
period from the late 14th
to late 19th
century, during which
Bulgarian country did not
exist . Bulgarian-
populated lands were
under the Ottoman rule.

3. Rayah- literally "flock"
the name for the
Bulgarian population in
the Ottoman Empire.

4. These were the worst
centuries ever for the
Bulgarian people
because of the
everyday
attacks, many
taxes, murders, violen
ce against women
and girls and
abduction of young

6. At the time of the Turkish
yoke there were about 30
different taxes. Among
them the tax on
firewood, wine tax, tax on
hay, the tax on pigs that
were fattened for
Christmas and many more.

7. During the Turkish yoke many
Bulgarian revolutionaries
organized uprisings to liberate
Bulgaria from the Turkish
oppression.

8. The Uprising of
Konstantin and Fruzhin
broke out in 1408. It is
believed that it was
suppressed in 1413.

9. The First Tarnovo Uprising broke out
in 1598 near Tarnovo. The uprising
was the first organized act of
Bulgarian resistance during the
Ottoman rule, after the final
conquest of the Bulgarian lands.

11. The Second Tarnovo Uprising was a Bulgarian
revolt against the Ottoman rule in 1686 led by
the boyar Rostislav Stratimirovich from Veliko
Tarnovo.

13. Zaharii Stoqnov
Georgi Rakovski
Hristo Botev

14. BULGARIAN REVOLUTIONARIES
Vasil Levski
Alexander
Koyumdzhiev Stoyan Zaimov

15. Ornaments prove that the
traditions of medieval
nobility were preserved
during the Ottoman rule.

16. These were some of the most difficult
times for the Bulgarian population
but we managed to survive as a
nation.