The Anatolian Bulgarians or Bulgarians of Asia Minor (, maloazijski bÃÂlgari, or shortly, üðûþð÷øðýÃÂø, maloazianci) were members of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church who settled in Ottoman-ruled northwestern Anatolia (today in Turkey), possibly in the 18th century, and remained there until 1914.
The main area of settlement lay to the south of the Sea of Marmara between ÃÂanakkale, Balñkesir and Bursa. There was a village named Bulgarlar, now called Hamidiye, near Mihaliç (today Karacabey), settled in the 18th century by Bulgarians.
The existence of Bulgarian villages in Anatolia was noted by western travellers such as the Italian Dr Salvatori (1807), the Frenchman J.M. Tancoigne and the Briton George Keppel (1829). Tancoigne describes his experience in Kñz-Dervent (located farther east, between ðzmit and ðznik) as follows:
The Bulgarian presence in northwestern Anatolia was studied in more detail by the ethnographer Vasil Kanchov who visited the area in the late 19th century. According to his data, there were 20 Bulgarian villages in Anatolia, for each of which he provided the number of Bulgarian houses. In Kñz-Dervent, there were 400 Bulgarian houses, in Kocabunar â 350, in SöÃÂüt â 60, in Kubaà  â 100, in Toybelen â 50, in Yeniköy (ÃÂþòþ ÃÂõûþ, Novo selo) â 150, in Mandñr â 150, in Alacabayñr â 50, in Killik (also Ikinlik) â 50, in Simavla â 40, in Hacñpaunköy â 80, in Manata â 100, in Bayramiç â 30 (minority), in Stengelköy â 60, in ÃÂataltaà  (also ÃÂataltepe) â 70, in Urumçe â 40, as well as an unknown number in ÃÂaltñk, Trama and Mata.
The 1897 research of L. Iv. Dorosiev, partially based on data by his brother Yakim, a tailor in Balñkesir, lists 16 Bulgarian-inhabited villages, as follows: Kocabunar â 245 houses with 1,485 people, SöÃÂüt â 65 houses with 440 people, Novo selo (also Yeniköy, Kñzñlcñlar) â 65 houses with 425 people, Killik â 35 houses with 212 people, Toybelen â 125 houses with 712 people, Alacabair â 55 houses with 308 people, Taà Âkesi â 35 houses with 252 people, Mandñr â 145 houses with 940 people, Hacñpaunköy â 60 houses with 344 people, ÃÂren â 15 houses with 95 people, Kubaà  â 20 houses with 115 people, Stengelköy â 55 houses with 312 people, ÃÂataltepe â 80 houses, Urumçe â 45 houses, Yeniköy â 35 houses, as well as 50 houses in the town of Gönen. This makes a total of around 6,720 people.
After the Liberation of Bulgaria, many Anatolian Bulgarians returned to their native land, with some settling in Yagnilo and Dobroplodno, Varna Province, Svirachi, Oreshino, Byalopolyane, Ivaylovgrad in Haskovo Province exchanging their property with that of Turks from Bulgaria.https://web.archive.org/web/20080123141642/http://www.vn.government.bg/stranici/novini/2004/05/18-1.htm In 1914, following the Balkan Wars, the vast majority of the Anatolian Bulgarians were deported to Bulgaria, leaving their property behind.