Bosniaks in Turkey
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| Total population | |
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| (101,000 – 2,000,000[1][2]) | |
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| Marmara Region, Aegean Region | |
| Languages | |
| 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
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
- 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 grandmaster
- 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
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