Bosniaks in Turkey
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| Total population | |||||||||
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| 101,000 – 2,000,000[1][2] | |||||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||||
| Marmara Region, Aegean Region | |||||||||
| Languages | |||||||||
| Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Turkish | |||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Sunni Islam | |||||||||
Bosniaks in Turkey refers to citizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, ethnic Bosniak people, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak and other former Yugoslav republics.
Numbers[edit]
In the 1965 Census, 17,627 Turkish citizens spoke Bosnian as a first language, which is only 0.05% of the population. These people were mostly living in Kocaeli (1.2%), Sakarya (0.7%), Kırklareli (0.4%) and Izmir (0.2%). Another 34,892 spoke Bosnian as a second language.
Famous Bosniaks of Turkey[edit]
- Bülent Ecevit, politician, served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times
- Cem Adrian, singer-songwriter
- Ayşe Kulin, novelist and columnist
- Ekrem Akurgal, archaeologist
- Emir Preldžić, basketball player
- Hüseyin Beşok, basketball player
- Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, actor and model
- Metin Boşnak, scholar
- Ömer Çatkıç, footballer
- Cem Uzan, businessman
- Hedo Türkoğlu, basketball player
- Meliha İsmailoğlu, volleyball player
- Tuncel Kurtiz, actor
- Semih Erden, basketball player
- Suat Atalık, chess grandmster
- Sabiha Gökçen, aviator, first Turkish female combat pilot
- Mirsad Türkcan, former basketball player
- Emina Jahović Sandal, singer and sister of Mirsad Türkcan
- Cedi Osman, basketball player
- Zijad Švrakić, former footballer
- Saffet Sancaklı, former footballer
- Asım Pars, former basketball player
- Sead Halilagić, former footballer
- Almir Gegić, former footballer
- Nedim Dal, former basketball player
- Elvir Bolić, former footballer
- Elvir Baljić, former footballer
- Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, late footballer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joshua Project (2010-04-13). "Bosniak of Turkey Ethnic People Profile". Joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ Milliyet (2008-06-06). "Türkiye'deki Kürtlerin sayısı!". http://www.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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