List of massacres in Ottoman Bulgaria


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Ottoman Bulgaria. 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.
EventMassacre nameDatePerpetratorDeathsTarget
April UprisingKoprivshtitsa massacre27-28 May 1876local Bulgarians70Muslim Roma
April UprisingBatak massacre1876Ottoman irregular troops7,000Bulgarian civilians
Boyadzhik massacre1876Circassian paramilitaries 145Bulgarian non-combatant civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)Stara Zagora massacre1877–78Suleiman Pasha's Ottoman Army, composed mainly of 48,000 Albanian troops14,500Bulgarian civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)The Terror (Karlovo massacre)22-23 July 1877Circassian paramilitaries288Bulgarian civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)Kalofer massacre26–28 JulyCircassian paramilitaries1,600Bulgarian civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)Kavarna massacre21 July–8 August 1877Circassian paramilitaries1,000Bulgarian, Gagauz, Greek civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)Kazanlak massacreDecember 1877Russian Empire, Bulgarians1,751 killed,
54 injured,
173 abducted,
270 missing		Turkish civilians
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)Harmanli massacre16–17 January 1878Russian Empire, Bulgarians2,000-5,000Muslim civilians