Ethnic groups in Turkey

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Turkic ethnic group

Turkic ethnic group, an indigenous people of Crimea

The Ossetians also known as Ossetes, Ossets and Alans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains. They natively speak Ossetian, an Eastern Iranian language of the Indo-European language family, with most also being fluent in Russian as a second language.

Northeast Caucasian ethnic group

The Abkhaz people, sometimes referred to as the Abkhazians, are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group mainly living in Abkhazia — a region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea which is internationally recognized as part of Georgia but is de facto outside of its control. A large Abkhaz diaspora population also resides in Turkey, Egypt, Syria and Russia.

The Karachays or Karachais ( or ) are a North Caucasian-Turkic ethnic group primarily located in their ancestral lands in Karachay–Cherkess Republic, a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus. They and the Balkars share a common origin, culture, and language.

thumb|Abazin country The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza (Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, as a result of atrocities committed by Imperial Russia during the Circassian genocide, they live mostly in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and in Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The Tapanta (:ru:Тапанта), a branch of the Abaza, lived between the Besleney and Kabardian princedoms on the upper Kuban.

ethnic group of South Caucasian origin

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Arabs who follow Christianity

indigenous Turkic-speaking ethnic group of South Siberia

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Oghuz Turkoman tribe

Armenian community in Turkey

ethnic group

The Megleno-Romanians, also known as Meglenites (), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs (), are an Eastern Romance ethnic group, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis regional units of Central Macedonia, Greece, and one village, Huma, across the border in North Macedonia. These people live in an area of approximately 300 km2 in size. Unlike the Aromanians, the other Romance-speaking population in the same historic region, the Megleno-Romanians are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists, and not traditionally transhumants. Sometimes, the M

Turkish-Armenians who conceal their Armenian identity

Afro-Turks () are Turkish people of African Zanj descent, who trace their origin to the Ottoman slave trade like the Afro-Abkhazians. Afro-Turk population is estimated to be between 5,000 and 20,000 people. Afro-Turks are distinct from African immigrants in Turkey, which number around 1.5 million individuals as of 2017 according to state-owned Anadolu Agency.

ethnic group in Transcaucasia

ethnic group of European origin

ethnic group of North Caucasian origin

Turkish citizens of Greek ethnicity or origin

ethnic group of European origin

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ethnic group of Slavic origin

ethnic group in the Republic of Turkey

The Mhallami people, also known as Mardelli or alternatively spelled as Mahallami () are an Arab ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.

subgroup of Don Cossacks

ethnic group in Turkey

Greeks from Asia Minor

Gajals or Gadzhals () are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Eastern Balkans and Turkey. Gajals mainly settle in the northeastern Ludogorie region of Bulgaria, as well as in the region of Eastern Thrace. Because of the Turkic language, and the Islamic faith, Gajals are usually ranked as a subgroup among Turks. Balkan-Gagauz is the main language, and the total number of Gajals is about 300,000 people, including about 20,000 native speakers. They are believed to be descendants of Pechenegs and Cumans. They are closely related to the Gagauz people, leading to claims that they are both ess

Karaite community developed in Istanbul

overview about minorities in Turkey

ethnic group

ethnic group in the Republic of Turkey

Turkish ethnoreligious group

ethnic group in Turkey

Manavs () or Manav Turks () are a subgroup of Turkish people living in northwest Anatolia, especially in Sakarya, Bilecik, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Bolu and Düzce provinces. It is proposed that Manavs descend from Cumans and Kipchaks who settled in the Byzantine Empire.

ethnic group of South Caucasian origin

ethnic group of North Caucasian origin

Hayhurum (; ) is the name given to Armenian-speaking Christians who are members of the Greek Orthodox Church.