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Afro-Ottoman official Hamatar Aga, 1710 Afro-Ottoman wrestler and his European opponent, 1710. Beginning several centuries ago, a number of Africans, usually via Zanzibar in the historical region of Zanj and from places such as Niger, Arabia, Libya, Kenya and Sudan, [5] came to the Ottoman Empire settled by the Dalaman, Menderes and Gediz valleys, Manavgat and Çukurova.
Africans in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Afrikalılar) are people of Sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or residents of Turkey. They are immigrant and refugee communities mostly from western, central and eastern Africa. African immigrants are distinct to Afro-Turks, which number around 20,000.
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]
Turkey’s Black Sea region is one of only two places in the world where it’s produced. Turkey’s ‘mad honey’ has been folk medicine for millennia, but there’s a sting in its tail Skip to ...
A mass exodus of Syrian Turkmen took place between 1945 and 1953, many of which settled in southern Turkey. [255] Since the Syrian Civil War (2011–present), many Syrian Turkmen have been internally displaced and many have sought asylum in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq, [256] as well as several Western European countries [257] and ...
Turkish folk dress is a traditional style of varying folk clothing worn primarily in the rural parts of Turkey throughout the seven geographical regions of the country. Within the folk style of clothing are many variations and references that may be based on region, gender, ethnicity , the class of the wearer, culture and to a less extent ...
Jacksonville native Leon Timbo and Ally Free perform together with the Black Opry Band for Word of South on the Salvation South Stage at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2024.
According to Milliyet, a 2008 report prepared for the National Security Council of Turkey by academics of three Turkish universities in eastern Anatolia suggested that there are approximately 55 million ethnic Turks, 9.6 million Kurds, 3 million Zazas, 2.5 million Circassians, 2 million Bosniaks, 500,000–1.3 million Albanians, 1,000,000 ...