Crimean Tatars in Turkey
Total population | |
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Estimates greatly vary | |
Languages | |
Crimean Tatar, Turkish | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam, Hanafi |
Crimean Tatars in Turkey refers to citizens and denizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, the Tatars of Crimea.
Numbers
[edit]Year | As first language | As second language | Total | Turkey's population | % of Total speakers |
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1927 | 11,465 | 0 | 11,465 | 13,629,488 | 0.08 |
1935 | 15,615 | 4,106 | 19,721 | 16,157,450 | 0.12 |
1945 | 10,047 | 2,255 | 12,302 | 18,790,174 | 0.07 |
History
[edit]Before the 20th century, Crimean Tatars had immigrated from Crimea to Turkey in three waves: First, after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 1783; second, after the Crimean War of 1853–56; third, after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Fuat Dündar, Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar, 2000
- ^ Peter Alford Andrews, Rüdiger Benninghaus,Ethnic groups in the Republic of Turkey, Vol. 2, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-88226-418-7, p. 87., Peter Alford Andrews, Türkiye'de Etnik Gruplar, ANT Yayınları, Aralık 1992, ISBN 975-7350-03-6, s.116-118.