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[[File:Ethnolinguistic map of Turkey.jpg|thumb|Right|500px|Ethnic Groups of Turkey.]]
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<ref name="demography-lab.prd.uth.gr">http://www.demography-lab.prd.uth.gr/DDAoG/article/cont/ergasies/tsilenis.htm</ref>-strong Greek minority before the attack to about 7,000 by 1978.<ref>{{cite news
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|title=Sermaye nasıl el değiştirdi?
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|quote=6-7 Eylül olaylarından önce İstanbul'da 135 bin Rum yaşıyordu. Sonrasında bu sayı 70 bine düştü. 1978'e gelindiğinde bu rakam 7 bindi.
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}}</ref> The 2008 figures released by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Foreign Ministry]] places the current number of Turkish citizens of Greek descent at the 3,000–4,000 mark.<ref>{{cite news
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(contracted; show full)|dead-url=yes|archive-date=September 25, 2015|newspaper=BGNNews.com|location=Istanbul  |access-date= }}</ref> A community of Uyghurs live in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blanchard   |first=Ben |date= July 11, 2015 |title=China says Uighurs being sold as 'cannon fodder' for extremist groups |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-turkey-idUSKCN0PL08520150711|newspaper=Reuters |location=BEIJING |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=July 11, 2015 
  |title=  Uyghurs sold as ‘cannon fodder’ for extremist groups: China   |url=http://atimes.com/2015/07/uyghurs-being-sold-as-cannon-fodder-for-extremist-groups-china/ |newspaper=Asia Times |location= |access-date= |archive-date=May 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501135312/http://atimes.com/2015/07/uyghurs-being-sold-as-cannon-fodder-for-extremist-groups-china/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kayseri]] received Uyghurs numbering close to 360 via the UNHCR in 1966–1967 from Pakistan.<ref name="ShichorCenter2009">{{cite book|author1=Yitzhak Shichor|author2=East-West Center|title=Ethno-diplomacy, the Uyghur hitch in Sino-Turkish relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IR4tAQAAIAAJ&q=kayseri+unhcr+pakistan&dq=kayseri+unhcr+pakistan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjavKHrhevOAhXFGR4KHT-NBCQQ6AEITzAH|year=2009|publisher=East-West Center|isbn=978-1-932(contracted; show full)
[[File:Kurdish majority Turkey-es.svg|thumb|right|300px|Map showing Kurdish majority areas within Turkey.]]
[[File:Kurdish population by region (KONDA 2010).png|thumb|right|300px|Percentage of Kurdish population in Turkey by region<ref name=KONDAkurd>{{cite web|title=Kürt Meselesi̇ni̇ Yeni̇den Düşünmek|url=http://www.konda.com.tr/tr/raporlar/2010_12_KONDA_Kurt_Meselesini_Yeniden_Dusunmek.pdf|publisher=KONDA|accessdate=2013-06-11|pages=19–20|date=July 2010
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[[File:Turkey total fertility rate by province 2014.png|thumb|right|300px|Turkey Total fertility rate by province (2013). Kurdish majority provinces have a higher fertility rate than Turkish majority provinces.<ref>{{cite web|title=TurkStat|url=http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/PreIstatistikTablo.do?istab_id=1452|publisher=TurkStat|accessdate=2015-03-22|date=2013}}</ref> {{legend|#ff6500|4-5}} {{legend|#ffff00|3-4}} {{legend|#0cff00|2-3}} {{legend|#24e0d9|1.5-2}} {{legend|#3aafe0|1-1.5(contracted; show full)[Canadians|Canadian]]s''' living in '''[[Turkey]]''', the majority of which are based in [[Ankara]] and [[Istanbul]] according to the Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) and the local Canadian embassy and consulates in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.international.gc.ca/about-a_propos/oig-big/2006/ankara.aspx?lang=eng|title=Audit of the Canadian Embassy, Ankara|date=January 2006|work=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade]]
|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=2013-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425060134/http://www.international.gc.ca/about-a_propos/oig-big/2006/ankara.aspx?lang=eng|url-status=dead}}</ref> In recent years, the number of Canadians settling within Turkey has seen a sharp rise<ref name="TPR">{{cite news|url=http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/chr/ing2007/05/07x05x10.htm#6|title=CANADIANS THANK KIZILAY FOR EVACUATING ITS CITIZENS FROM LEBANON|date=10 May 2007|work=Turkish Press Review}}{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with the country continuing to be one of the fastest-rising destinations for Canadians heading overseas.<ref name="G">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/istanbul-youre-seeing-the-future/article1140290/page2/|title=Istanbul: You're seeing the future|date=18 May 2009|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> The growing figures have been linked as a proponent for the skyrocketing ratio of Canadian tourists choosing to visit Turkey each year.<ref (contracted; show full)s in Turkey''' as of 2008, according to estimates by the [[Commission on Filipinos Overseas]] and the [[Philippine]] embassy in Ankara.<ref name="G"/> Out of those, most are recorded as maids and "overseas workers" employed in households of diplomatic communities and elite Turkish families.<ref name="P">{{cite news|url=http://www.filamimage.com/articles/2009_091709embassy.html|title=PGMA off on a 3-nation swing|work=Pinoy Global Online News|date=2007
|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=2011-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001617/http://www.filamimage.com/articles/2009_091709embassy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moreover, ten percent or approximately 500 Filipinos in [[Turkey]] are skilled workers and professionals working as engineers, architects, doctors and teachers.<ref name="P"/> Most of the Filipinos reside in [[Istanbul]], Ankara, Izmir, Antalya and nearby surrounding areas.<ref name="G"/>

==== Indians ====
{{Main article|Indians in Turkey}}
'''[[India]]ns''' in '''[[Turkey]]''' are a small community numbering 300 and comprising roughly 100 families.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/part1-est.pdf |title=Estimated Size of Overseas Indian Community: Country-wise] |access-date=2020-04-11 |archive-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619062458/http://www.indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/part1-est.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="H">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/01/31/stories/2007013101822000.htm|title=Turkey "stuck in the Awaraa days?"|author=Rasheeda Bhagat|work=[[Business Line]]|date=31 January 2007}}</ref> Most of them work as doctors and computer engineers or employees in [[multinational corporation]]s.<ref name="H"/> India also has a small business presence in Turkey through representative offices of [[Reliance Industries]], [[Tat(contracted; show full)

Today the Christian population of Turkey estimated more than 150,000, includes an estimated 70,000 [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Orthodox]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenian in Istanbul: Diaspora in Turkey welcomes the setting of relations and waits more steps from both countries|first=Sara|last=Khojoyan|url=http://armenianow.com/news/10672/armenian_in_istanbul_diaspora_in_t|agency=''ArmeniaNow.com''|date=16 October 2009|accessdate=5 January 2013
|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101063955/https://www.armenianow.com/news/10672/armenian_in_istanbul_diaspora_in_t|url-status=dead}}</ref> 35,000 [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], 17,000 [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]], 8,000 [[Chaldean Catholic Church|Chaldean Catholic]], 3,000-4,000 [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]][https://web.archive.org/web/20100501063653/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=161291], 10,000-18,000 [[Antiochian Greeks]]<ref name="hr-action.org">[http://www.hr-action.org/thr/GRTURK.html#OTHER The Greeks of Turkey, 1992-1995 Fact-sheet] {{webarc(contracted; show full){{Reflist|30em}}

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