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[[File:Ethnolinguistic map of Turkey.jpg|thumb|Right|500px|Ethnic Groups of Turkey.]]
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{{cite web|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/default.aspx?aType=SonDakika&Kategori=yasam&ArticleID=873452&Date=07.06.2008&ver=16|title=Milliyet - Turkified Pomaks in Turkey|publisher=www.milliyet.com.tr|access-date=2011-02-08|language=tr}}</ref> According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bulgarian [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] community in Turkey stands at 500 members.<ref>
[http://www.mfa.bg/bg/pages/view/5360 {{Cite web |title="Българската общност в Република Турция "] |url=http://www.mfa.bg/bg/pages/view/5360 |access-date=2020-04-11 |archive-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808034529/http://www.mfa.bg/bg/pages/view/5360 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Greeks ====
{{Main article|Greeks in Turkey|Pontic Greeks}} 
{{Further information|Pontus (region)|Greek genocide}}
[[File:Pontus.png|thumb|right|300px|The Pontus region]]
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Ethnic [[Kurds]] are the largest minority in Turkey, composing around 20% of the population according to Milliyet, 18% of the total populace or c. 14 million people according to the CIA World Factbook, and as much as 23% according to Kurdologist David McDowall.<ref name="CIA World Factbook: Turkey">CIA World Factbook: [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html Turkey]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516215809/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html |date=2020-05-16 }}</ref><ref>David McDowall. ''A Modern History of the Kurds.'' Third Edition. I.B.Tauris, May 14, 2004 - 504 pages, page 3.</ref> Unlike the Turks, the Kurds speak an [[Iranian language]]. There are Kurds living all over Turkey, but most live to the east and southeast of the country, from where they originate.

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