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Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 25 to 28 percent of the population. [2] Historically, in the Ottoman Empire, Islam was the official and dominant religion, with Muslims having more rights than non-Muslims, whose rights were restricted. [3]
In the modern Turkish language as used in the Republic of Turkey, a distinction is made between "Turks" and the "Turkic peoples" in loosely speaking: the term Türk corresponds specifically to the "Turkish-speaking" people (in this context, "Turkish-speaking" is considered the same as "Turkic-speaking"), while the term Türki refers generally ...
Turkish minority's Party of Friendship, ... According to members of the Turkish minority, it was the first time ethnic Turks had taken to the streets. [43]
g This includes the Turkish-speaking minority only (i.e. 30% of Syrian Turks). [102] Estimates including the Arabized Turks range between 3.5 to 6 million. [103] h Includes the Kouloughlis who are descendants of the old Turkish ruling class. [104] i Includes 80,000 Turkish Lebanese [56] and 200,000 recent refugees from Syria. [57]
Turkish minority N/A. The 2009 Azerbaijani census recorded 38,000 Turks; [46] however, it does not distinguish between the Turkish minority (descendants of Ottoman settlers who remained in Azerbaijan), Meskhetian Turks who arrived after 1944, and recent Turkish arrivals. 19,000 [47] (Descendants of Ottomans settlers who remained in Azerbaijan only.
The organization has 29 member associations in Germany and one in England. [1] In total, the ABTTF unites 6,000 affiliated members. It is the first organization to be granted special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a representative body of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace.
No exact data are available concerning the different ethnic groups in Turkey. The last census data according to language date from 1965 and major changes may have occurred since then. However, it is clear that the Turkish are in the majority, while the largest minority groups are Kurds and Arabs. Smaller minorities are the Armenians, Greeks and ...
Aldin Mustafić, a member of the Turkish minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina - wrote a book on the Bosnian language in Arabic script entitled "The Epochs of Arabic phonetic thoughts and Arebica", as part of the influence of Turkish culture in the region - i.e. in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [9] Şükrü Âli Ögel, Turkish Army officer, politician