Pomaks
Sign in to savePomaks (; Macedonian: Помаци ; ) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northwestern Turkey, and northeastern Greece. The strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is recognized officially as Bulgarian Muslims by the government. The term has also been used as a wider designation, including also the Slavic Muslim populations of North Macedonia and Albania. Most Pomaks today live in Turkey, where they have settled as muhacirs as a result of escaping previous ethnic cleansing in Bulgaria.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- PomaksПомациΠομάκοιPomaklar
- Ethnic group.image
- 250px
- Ethnic group.caption
- Pomaks in the early 20th century
- Ethnic group.population
- 1 million
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 350,000- 600,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 107,777 (2021 Census) 67,350 Muslim Bulgarians (2011 census) up to 250,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 50,000 in Western Thrace
- Ethnic group.langs
- Bulgarian (native), Greek (by those residing in Greece) and Turkish (by those residing in Turkey)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Sunni Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Bulgarians, Bosniaks, Gorani, Torbeši
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins
- Genetic studies
- History
- Language
- Population
- Bulgaria
- Turkey
- Greece
- North Macedonia
- Albania
- Kosovo
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pomaks (; Macedonian: Помаци ; ) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northwestern Turkey, and northeastern Greece. The strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is recognized officially as Bulgarian Muslims by the government. The term has also been used as a wider designation, including also the Slavic Muslim populations of North Macedonia and Albania. Most Pomaks today live in Turkey, where they have settled as muhacirs as a result of escaping previous ethnic cleansing in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria recognizes their language as a Bulgarian dialect, whereas in Greece and Turkey they self-declare their language as the Pomak language. The community in Greece is commonly fluent in Greek, and in Turkey, Turkish, while the communities in these two countries, especially in Turkey, are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people.