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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]
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
Consequently, within the diaspora, ethnic Turkish people now form the largest minority group in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. [6] In March 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated to the Turks in Europe, "Make not three, but five children. Because you are the future of Europe.
In the 2011 census in Albania, more than 800 people registered Turkish as their first language. [8] Croatia: Croatian Turks: According to the 2001 Croatian census the Turkish minority numbered 300. [9] More recent estimates have suggested that there are 2,000 Turks in Croatia. [10] Rhodes (in Greece) Kos (in Greece) Dodecanese Turks
On 10 May 1989, travel restrictions to foreign countries were partly lifted (only for the members of the Turkish minority). Todor Zhivkov gave a speech on 29 May 1989, in which he stated that those who did not want to live in Bulgaria could emigrate to Turkey and demanded that Turkey open its borders in order to receive all "Bulgarian Muslims".
However, in accordance with Article 36(2), the Turkish minority has the right to study their own language alongside the compulsory study of the Bulgarian language. Moreover, under Article 54(1), the Turkish minority have the right to "develop their culture in accordance with his ethnic identification". [15] Turks in Bulgaria: List of Bulgarian ...
Turkey still looks to its NATO membership for "prestige, gravitas and panache," said Sinan Ciddi, a Turkey specialist at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and a professor at the U.S ...
Macedonia came under the rule of the Ottoman Turks in 1392, remaining part of the Ottoman Empire for more than 500 years up to 1912 and the Balkan wars. [5] Ali Rıza Efendi - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's father comes from Kodžadžik, [6] [7] in Centar Župa Municipality, where there is a memorial house. [8]