The Revival Process or the Process of Rebirth (Bulgarian: Възродителен процес, romanized: Vǎzroditelen protses) refers to a policy of forced assimilation practiced by the Bulgarian government in the 1980's. The policy involved the ethnic cleansing of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish minority, which eventually culminated in the forced expulsion of 360,000 ethnic Turks in 1989. Since 1989, The Revival Process and its denial have generally been associated with conservative elements of Bulgarian nationalism.