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[[File:Ethnolinguistic map of Turkey.jpg|thumb|Right|500px|Ethnic Groups of Turkey.]]
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{{bar percent|[[Turkish people|Turks]] (a.k.a. Anatolian Turks)|red|71|70–75%}}
{{bar percent|[[Kurds]]|green|19|19%}}
{{bar percent|Romanlar[[Gypsy]]|blue|10|7–12%}}
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'''Minorities in Turkey''' form a substantial part of the country's population, with at least an estimated 30% of the populace belonging to an ethnic minority. While the [[Republic of Turkey]], following the 1923 [[Treaty of Lausanne]], recognizes [[Armenians]], [[Greeks]] and [[Jews]] as [[Ethnic minority|ethnic minorities]], this legal status is not granted to Muslim minorities, such as the [[Kurds]], which constitute the largest minority by a wide m(contracted; show full)! colspan="7" | Ottoman official statistics, 1910
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! Sanjak
! Turks
! Greeks
! Armenians
! Jews
! 
RomanlarGypsy
! Total
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| Istanbul (Asiatic shore) || 135,681 || 70,906 || 30,465 || 5,120 || 16,812 || 258,984
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| İzmit || 184,960|| 78,564 || 50,935 || 2,180 || 1,435 || 318,074
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| Aidin (İzmir) || 974,225 || 629,002 || 17,247 || 24,361 || 58,076 || 1,702,911
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! Sanjak
! Turks
! Greeks
! Bulgarians
! 
RomanlarGypsy
! Total
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| [[Edirne]] || 128,000|| 113,500 || 31,500 || 14,700 || 287,700 
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| [[Kırklareli|Kirk Kilisse]] || 53,000|| 77,000|| 28,500 || 1,150 || 159,650
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| [[Tekirdağ]] || 63,500 || 56,000|| 3,000 || 21,800 || 144,300
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There have been [[Romaniote Jews|Jewish communities in Asia Minor]] since at least the 5th century BC and many [[Sephardic Jews|Spanish and Portuguese Jews]] [[Alhambra Decree|expelled from Spain]] came to the Ottoman Empire (including regions part of modern Turkey) in the late 15th century. Despite [[Aliyah|emigration]] during the 20th century, modern-day Turkey continues to have a small Jewish population of about 20,000.<ref name= "Milliyet-Türkiye'deki Kürtlerin sayısı"/>


==== Afro Turkler ====
The Afro-Turks or in Turkish named Zenci, came as slaves at the Time of the [[Ottoman Empire]], from [[Zanzibar]] and [[Sudan]], settled in [[Izmir]] and the [[Aegean Sea]]. They hold every year the Dana Bayram at Izmir<ref>https://taygagoodfood.com/tr/meraklisina/izmirin-afro-turkleri-ve-dana-bayrami</ref>, <ref>https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-black-community-feels-right-at-home-155584</ref>⏎
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==== Romanlar ====
{{Main article|Roma in Turkey}}

The [[Romanlar]] in Turkey number approximately 500,000. [[Sulukule]] is the oldest Roma settlement in Europe. By different Turkish and Non-Turkish estimates the number of Romani is up to 4 or 5 million <ref>"Türkiye’deki Çingene nüfusu tam bilinmiyor.[http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2005/05/08/639714.asp Article from Hürryet]</ref><ref>Romani, according to latest estimations of some experts, number between 4 and 5 million. [http://w(contracted; show full)*{{citeweb|url=http://turkishpolicy.com/files/articlepdf/freedom-of-religion-and-non-muslim-minorities-in-turkey-winter-2015-en.pdf|title=Freedom of religion and non-Muslim minorities in Turkey|work=Beylunioğlu, Anna Maria|publisher=Turkish Policy Quarterly 13.4 (2015): 139-147.}}

{{Demographics of Turkey}}
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Turkey]]
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