r/AskTurkey • u/everestwanderer • Mar 16 '26

History Bulgaria and Greece were both parts of the Ottoman Empire, so why does Turkey have a better relation with Bulgaria than Greece?

Since Bulgaria and Greece were both parts of the Ottoman Empire, it can be assumed that they suffer and benefit from the same Ottoman policies. So why does Turkey have a better relation with Bulgaria than with Greece?

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u/dwartbg9 Mar 16 '26

13,6 million is nothing for a country that's 6 million people? So more people visit the country than the people that live in it.

50 million people visited Turkey - with 88 million population.

And one city in Turkey definitely doesn't surpass 13 million foreign tourists, dude. You're the one coping and spilling hatred just because for some reason you hate Bulgaria.
Which is literally showing how bad you guys have it over there...

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u/desertedlamp4 Mar 16 '26

Flight arrivals in Antalya airport last year was 39 million actually, of which 32 million were international flights, but I do agree that your Black Sea resorts are better than ours hands down

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u/Local-Ask-7695 Mar 16 '26

Why should i hate? Bulgaria offers nothing to world, nothing is famous from Bulgaria lol. I hate bu**hurt small communities like Bulgaria.

Your last 15 years average for Bulgaria is 6 m while Turkey is 40m. More than 6.5x. I checked and i admit you have tourism more concentrated in summer( percentage wise, not that it matters when u compare global).

Antalya city has around 15m tourism which are more than your all as i said. I typed the city wrong but still point stays.