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Turanist Bosniaks and Bosniakophile Turks often propagate this, based on the old Heretic sectarian connection between Bulgaria and Bosnia.
Accordingly, until Khan Omurtag (9th century CE), who was a devout Tengrianist building temples in Pliska and not allowing Slavic-Christian influxes, Bulgaria was great. However, after the Great Khan passed away, the "lower majority" thus, Byzantinizing and Orthodoxifying Slavs succeeded in having Christianity declared as an official religion and Bulgar language replaced by the Slavic one.During this reign, a Bulgarian Christian sect known as Bogomilism (from Bulgarian language: 'Bog', i.e. God, and 'Mil', i.e. friend) began to attract followers in Bosnia, as Bosnian principalities adopted Bogomilism in order to offset the strong influences of its Catholic and Orthodox neighbours. Bogomilism was eradicated in Bulgaria and Byzantium in the 13th century, but thrived in Bosnia until the Ottoman Empire gained control of the region in 1463.
https://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/118/p03a/t0103a.htm
As a reaction, a group of the Bulgars hid their Shamanic tengrist faith and laid low, finally expressing themselves through a Heresy inside the Christian dogma.
Then moving to Bosnia.
Sounds legendary and utopic huh! Go figure there are some who believe.
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