Eastern Thrace

portion of Turkey that is located in South-eastern Europe

Kakava is a celebration event of Romani people in Turkey. Its place of origin is East Thrace in Turkey.

thumb|250px|Muhacirs arriving in Istanbul crossing the [[Galata Bridge, Ottoman Empire, in 1912, with the New Mosque in the background]] Muhacir is a term referring to Ottoman Muslim citizens and their descendants born after the onset of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Muhacirs overwhelmingly self-identified as Muslims and their numbers are estimated in the millions. The refugees from Macedonia, Bulgaria, and parts of Serbia had primarily Anatolian Turkish background. Other backgrounds included Albanians, Bosniaks, Chechens, Circassians, Crimean Tatars, Pomaks, Macedonian Muslims, Greek

pogroms against Jews in Turkey