60 THOUSAND ARMENIANS LIVE IN TURKEY
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.04.2009 10:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A group of Turkish scientists has prepared a report
on the ethnic structure of the country.
The research showed that Turkic groups number about 50 million. There
are 12 million 600 thousand Kurds, 2.5 million of whom think of
themselves as Turks.
Circassians number 2.5 million but 80 of them have forgotten the
native tongue. There are 2 millions Bosnians, 1.3 million Albanians,
870 thousand Arabs, 700 thousand Gypsies, 60 thousand Armenians,
20 thousand Jews, 15 thousand Greeks and 13 thousands Hamshens and
Syrians.
85 percent of Turkish citizens are Muslims.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
