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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 ...
Today, approximately 15–20 million Turks living in Turkey are the descendants of refugees from the Balkans; [202] there are also 1.5 million descendants from Meskheti [203] and over 600,000 descendants from Cyprus. [204] The Republic of Turkey continues to be a land of migration for ethnic Turkish people fleeing persecution and wars.
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]
According to a 2012 study of ethnic Turks, "Turkish population has a close genetic similarity to Middle Eastern and European populations and some degree of similarity to South Asian and Central Asian populations." [37] The analysis modeled each person's DNA as having originated from K ancestral populations and varied the parameter K from 2 to 7.
Ethnic groups in Turkey by place (3 C) European diaspora in Turkey (7 C, 19 P) G. Georgians in Turkey (1 C, 2 P) Greeks in Turkey (8 C, 11 P) H. Hemshin people (1 C ...
Ethnic groups in Turkey (26 C, 57 P) Expatriates in Turkey (146 C, 6 P) I. Immigration to Turkey (2 C, 3 P) T. Turkish people by descent (10 C) Pages in category ...
On the evening of July 15, 2016, the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO) launched a bloody coup attempt against the people and the government of my country. Their aim was to establish a ...
The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages. [37] [38]According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia, [39] potentially in Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.