Residents of the Pomak village Strandzha in South Bulgaria are asking for Greek teachers to teach them Greek in order to come to Greece and look for a job.
Strandzha is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey, in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of Thrace to the west, the lowlands near Burgas to the north and the Black Sea to the east. Its highest peak is Mahya Dağı in Turkey, while the highest point on Bulgarian territory is Golyamo Gradishte.
“A lot of Strandzha’s inhabitants travel to Greece every year to find a job, as seasonal workers, so they need to know the Greek language,” Ilin Dolaptsiev, the village leader, stated to AMNA. “For this reason we sent our message to the President and Prime Minister of Bulgaria as well as the Greek Embassy in Sofia.”
A month ago, Strandzha’s inhabitants became widely known from a Reuters report which said they want their village to be annexed by Greece.
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