ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER ONE: The Image of the Ottomans (Turks) and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in History Textbooks from the Mid-1950s to the Late 1970s. І. 1.    The Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria. І. 2.    The Situation of the Bulgarian People in the Fifteenth–Nineteenth Centuries.І. 3. Bulgarian Anti-Ottoman Resistance. І. 4. The Image of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). CHAPTER TWO: The Image of the Ottomans (Turks) and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in History Textbooks in the 1980s. ІІ. 1. The Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria. ІІ. 2. The Situation of the Bulgarian People in the Fifteenth–Nineteenth Centuries. ІІ. 3. Bulgarian Anti-Ottoman Resistance. ІІ. 4. The Image of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). CHAPTER THREE: The Image of the Ottomans (Turks) and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in History Textbooks in the 1990s. ІІІ. 1. The Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria. ІІІ. 2. The Situation of the Bulgarian People in the Fifteenth–Nineteenth Centuries. ІІІ. 3. Bulgarian Anti-Ottoman Resistance. ІІІ. 4. The Image of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). CONCLUSION. APPENDIX 1: List of Textbooks. APPENDIX 2: Illustrations. BIBLIOGRAPHY.