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En Turquie, les minorités constituent une partie substantielle de la population du pays, représentant, selon les estimations, 26% à 31% de la population. Dans l'Empire ottoman, l'islam était la religion officielle et dominante, les musulmans ayant des devoirs différents de ceux des non-musulmans. Les groupes ethno-religieux non musulmans (dhimmi étaient légalement identifiés par différents millet (« nations »). Berbagai macam kelompok Minoritas di Turki menyusun komposisi demografi di negara tersebut. Kaum Minoritas di Turki dapat digolongkan menjadi dua bagian, yaitu minoritas secara etnis dan minoritas secara agama. Kaum minoritas terbesar di Turki datang dari golongan minoritas secara etnis, adalah suku bangsa Kurdi dengan persentase mencapai 18% dari keseluruhan populasi penduduk di Turki. Berdasarkan Perjanjian Lausanne yang ditandatangani oleh pihak Turki dan negara-negara blok Sekutu pasca Perang Dunia Pertama, Pemerintah Republik Turki mengakui secara resmi keberadaan beberapa etnis minoritas, seperti etnis Armenia, etnis Yunani, dan keturunan Yahudi. Namun, pengakuan secara resmi ini tidak didapatkan oleh etnis minoritas muslim lainnya. Etnis muslim seperti suku bangsa Kurdi tidak diakui Zu den Bevölkerungsgruppen in der Türkei zählen Türken, Kurden, Zaza, Aramäer, Lasen, Armenier, Griechen, Tscherkessen, Albaner, Pomaken, Bosniaken, Georgier, Araber, Tschetschenen, Juden, Roma und zahlreiche weitere Ethnien, deren Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung sehr gering ist. Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 26% to 31% of the population. Historically, in the Ottoman Empire, Islam was the official and dominant religion, with Muslims having different duties from non-Muslims. Non-Muslim (dhimmi) ethno-religious groups were legally identified by different millet ("nations").
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Ethnic groups in Turkey
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Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 26% to 31% of the population. Historically, in the Ottoman Empire, Islam was the official and dominant religion, with Muslims having different duties from non-Muslims. Non-Muslim (dhimmi) ethno-religious groups were legally identified by different millet ("nations"). Following the end of World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, all Ottoman Muslims were made part of the modern citizenry or the Turkish nation as the newly founded Republic of Turkey was constituted as a Muslim nation state. While Turkish nationalist policy viewed all Muslims in Turkey as Turks without exception, non-Muslim minority groups, such as Jews and Christians, were designated as "foreign nations" (millet). Conversely, the term 'Turk' was used to denote all groups in the region who had been Islamized under Ottoman rule, especially Muslim Albanians and Slavic Muslims. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne specified Armenians, Greeks and Jews and Christians in general as ethnic minorities (dhimmi). This legal status was not granted to Muslim minorities, such as the Kurds, which constituted the largest minority by a wide margin, nor any of the other minorities in the country. In modern Turkey, data on the ethnic makeup of the country is not officially collected, although various estimates exist. All Muslim citizens are still regarded as Turks by law, regardless of their ethnicity or language, in contrast to non-Muslim minorities, who are still grouped as "non-Turks"; the largest ethnic minority, the Kurds, who are predominantly Muslim, are therefore still classified as simply "Turks". The amount of ethnic minorities is considered to be underestimated by the Turkish government. Therefore, the exact number of members of ethnic groups who are also predominantly Muslim is unknown; these include Arabs, Albanians, Bosniaks, Circassians, Chechens, Kurds, Megleno-Romanians and Pontic Greeks, among other smaller groups. Many of the minorities (including Albanians, Bosniaks, Crimean Tatars, Megleno-Romanians, Circassians (and various peoples from the Caucasus), as well as some Turks) are descendants of Muslims (muhajirs) who were expelled from the lands lost by the shrinking Ottoman Empire. A majority have assimilated into and intermarried with the majority Turkish population and have adopted the Turkish language and way of life, though do not necessarily identify as Turks. Turkification and often aggressive Turkish nationalist policies strengthen these trends. Although many minorities have no official recognition, state-run TRT television and radio broadcasts minority language programs and elementary schools offer minority language classes. Berbagai macam kelompok Minoritas di Turki menyusun komposisi demografi di negara tersebut. Kaum Minoritas di Turki dapat digolongkan menjadi dua bagian, yaitu minoritas secara etnis dan minoritas secara agama. Kaum minoritas terbesar di Turki datang dari golongan minoritas secara etnis, adalah suku bangsa Kurdi dengan persentase mencapai 18% dari keseluruhan populasi penduduk di Turki. Berdasarkan Perjanjian Lausanne yang ditandatangani oleh pihak Turki dan negara-negara blok Sekutu pasca Perang Dunia Pertama, Pemerintah Republik Turki mengakui secara resmi keberadaan beberapa etnis minoritas, seperti etnis Armenia, etnis Yunani, dan keturunan Yahudi. Namun, pengakuan secara resmi ini tidak didapatkan oleh etnis minoritas muslim lainnya. Etnis muslim seperti suku bangsa Kurdi tidak diakui menurut kosntitusi dan undang-undang negara Turki meskipun jumlah orang Kurdi di Turki cukup signifikan, sekitar 18%. Pada umumnya orang-orang Kurdi di Turki digolongkan (dianggap) sebagai orang dari etnis Turki. Generalisasi ini juga sering kali diterapkan pada etnis lainnya, seperti etnis Albania, etnis Yunani Pontos, etnis Arab, etnis Bosnia, suku bangsa Sirkasia, dan suku Chechen. Sebagian besar kaum minoritas secara etnis di Turki (etnis Albania, etnis Bosnia, orang Tatar Krimea, dan berbagai suku bangsa yang tinggal di kawasan Kaukasus termasuk suku bangsa Turki itu sendiri) berasal dari bekas wilayah koloni Kesultanan Utsmaniyah yang mengungsi ke negara Turki akbiat Kesultanan Utsmaniyah mengalami kekalahan dalam perang. Seiring berjalannya waktu para pendatang tersebutsecara alami berasimilasi terhadap budaya dan bahasa setempat serta banyak pula diantara mereka menikah dengan orang Turki dan melanjutkan keturunannya. Walaupun banyak diantara kaum etnis minoritas di Turki tidak mendapatkan pengakuan secara resmi oleh pemerintah Turki, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (Lembaga Penyiaran Televisi dan Radio Turki) menyiarkan beberapa program dengan menggunakan beberapa bahasa dari etnis minoritas di Turki. Pelajaran bahasa selain bahasa Turki juga diajarkan di tingkat sekolah dasar. Zu den Bevölkerungsgruppen in der Türkei zählen Türken, Kurden, Zaza, Aramäer, Lasen, Armenier, Griechen, Tscherkessen, Albaner, Pomaken, Bosniaken, Georgier, Araber, Tschetschenen, Juden, Roma und zahlreiche weitere Ethnien, deren Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung sehr gering ist. Bei der 1923 ausgerufenen Republik Türkei und ihrem Vorgänger Osmanisches Reich handelt es sich um einen Vielvölkerstaat. Insbesondere die Küstenbereiche, Grenzgebiete und Ostanatolien waren mehrheitlich von anderen Ethnien bewohnt. Bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert lebte in Istanbul eine bedeutende griechische Minderheit (Phanarioten). Die zahlenmäßig größte Minderheit der Kurden in der Türkei wird vom Staat nicht als Minderheit anerkannt, ebenso wenig die indigene Minderheit der Aramäer. Daneben gibt es weitere ethnische Gruppen. Peter Andrews listete 51 ethnische Gruppen auf. Trotz der ethnischen Vielfalt stellen mit mindestens 70–80 % Türken die Mehrheit. In der Türkei wird bei Volkszählungen seit 1985 nicht mehr nach der Muttersprache gefragt, die Ergebnisse wurden nach der Volkszählung 1965 nicht mehr veröffentlicht. En Turquie, les minorités constituent une partie substantielle de la population du pays, représentant, selon les estimations, 26% à 31% de la population. Dans l'Empire ottoman, l'islam était la religion officielle et dominante, les musulmans ayant des devoirs différents de ceux des non-musulmans. Les groupes ethno-religieux non musulmans (dhimmi étaient légalement identifiés par différents millet (« nations »). À la suite de la Première Guerre mondiale et de la dissolution de l'Empire ottoman, tous les musulmans ottomans ont été intégrés à la citoyenneté moderne ou à la nation turque alors que la République de Turquie nouvellement fondée était constituée en État-nation musulman. La politique nationaliste turque considérait tous les musulmans de Turquie comme des Turcs sans exception mais les groupes minoritaires non musulmans, tels que les juifs et les chrétiens, étaient désignés comme des « nations étrangères » (millet). À l'inverse, le terme « Turc » a été utilisé pour désigner tous les groupes de la région qui avaient été islamisés sous la domination ottomane, en particulier les Albanais musulmans et les musulmans slaves. Le traité de Lausanne de 1923 spécifia que les Arméniens, les Grecs, les Juifs et les Chrétiens en général sont des minorités ethniques (dhimmi). Ce statut juridique n'a pas été accordé aux minorités musulmanes, comme les Kurdes, qui constituaient de loin la minorité la plus importante, ni à aucune des autres minorités du pays. Dans la Turquie moderne, les données sur la composition ethnique du pays ne sont pas officiellement collectées, même s'il existe diverses estimations. Tous les citoyens musulmans sont toujours considérés comme des Turcs par la loi, quelle que soit leur origine ethnique ou leur langue, contrairement aux minorités non musulmanes, qui sont toujours regroupées comme « non-Turcs ». Les Kurdes, à prédominance musulmane, qui sont la plus grande minorité ethnique, sont encore classés simplement comme « Turcs ». Le nombre de minorités ethniques est considéré comme sous-estimé par le gouvernement turc. On ne connait donc pas le nombre exact des membres des groupes ethniques, généralement musulmans. Ils incluent les Arabes, les Albanais, les Bosniaques, les Circassiens, les Tchétchènes, les Kurdes, les Megléno-roumains et les Grecs pontiques, entre autres groupes plus petits. La plupart des minorités (dont les Albanais, les Bosniaques, les Tatars de Crimée, les Mégléno-roumains, les Circassiens (et divers peuples du Caucase), ainsi que certains Turcs, sont des descendants de musulmans (muhajirs) qui ont été expulsés des terres perdues par l'Empire ottoman en déclin. Une majorité s'est assimilée et s'est fondue dans la population turque majoritaire dont elle a adopté la langue et le mode de vie, même si elle ne s'identifie pas forcément comme Turcs. La turquification et les politiques nationalistes turques souvent agressives renforcent ces tendances. Bien que de nombreuses minorités n'aient pas de reconnaissance officielle, la télévision et la radio TRT gérées par l'État diffusent des programmes en langue minoritaire et les écoles élémentaires proposent des cours en langue minoritaire.
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