1pomak

In order to educate people you must know well their culture and their problems from the inside. Pomaks should not feel foreign in their lands - neither on the Balkans nor elsewhere, where they are scattered due to the assimilative attempts over them. Integration into a society does not mean giving up your own culture, beliefs and values! Pomak people worship Islam as their religion. Being separated among the Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, former Yugoslavia), they have different nationalities. Having read various historical sources, I tend to believe that Pomak people originate from Thracian and partially Slavic tribes that have chosen Islam voluntarily as their faith. Please try to read only independent literature on the topic, because there exists lots of propaganda in respect of the history of Pomaks.