Tatars in Bulgaria are Crimean Tatar, but also Nogai Tatar minorities in Bulgaria.
Tatars in Bulgaria
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group and nation native to Crimea. The formation and ethnogenesis of Crimean Tatars occurred during the 13th–17th centuries, uniting Cumans, who appeared in Crimea in the 10th century, with other peoples who had inhabited Crimea since ancient times and gradually underwent Tatarization, including Ukrainian Greeks, Italians, Goths, Sarmatians and many others. Despite the popular misconception, Crimean Tatars are not a diaspora of or subgroup of the Tatars.
Crimean Tatars with their traditional clothes at the Hıdırlez festival.
Crimean Tatars and a mullah c. 1862
Steppe/Nogay Crimean Tatars
Mountain Tat and Yaliboylu Tat Crimean Tatars