Crimean Tatars in Turkey

Crimean Tatars in Turkey
Türkiyedeki Qırımtatarlar
Türkiye'deki Kırım Tatarları
Total population
	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[]

Crimean Tatar-speaking population in Turkey^[1]
Year	As first language	As second language	Total	Turkey's population	% of Total speakers
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[]

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[]

^ 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.

[1] Fuat Dündar, Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar, 2000

[EGRT-2] 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.

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