Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" (Turkish: singular: Türk, plural: Türkler) or Anatolians Turks, are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey, and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Algeria (Algerian Turks), Bulgaria (Bulgarian Turks), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian Turks), Cyprus (Turkish Cypriots), Egypt (Egyptian Turks), Georgia (Meskhetian Turks), Greece (Cretan Turks, Dodecanese Turks, and Western Thrace Turks), Iraq (Iraqi Turkmens), Iran (Iranian Turks), Kosovo (Kosovan Turks), Lebanon (Lebanese Turks), Libya (Libyan Turks), the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian Turks), Montenegro (Montenegrin Turks), Romania (Romanian Turks), Syria (Syrian Turkmens), Tunisia (Tunisian Turks), and Yemen (Yemeni Turks). In addition, due to migration, a large Turkish diaspora has been established, particularly in Europe (see Turks in Europe) where large communities have been formed in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Liechtenstein; there is also large Turkish communities living in Australia, the Middle East, North America and the former Soviet Union.
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" (Turkish: singular: Türk, plural: Türkler) or Anatolians Turks, are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey, and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Algeria (Algerian Turks), Bulgaria (Bulgarian Turks), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian Turks), Cyprus (Turkish Cypriots), Egypt (Egyptian Turks), Georgia (Meskhetian Turks), Greece (Cretan Turks, Dodecanese Turks, and Western Thrace Turks), Iraq (Iraqi Turkmens), Iran (Iranian Turks), Kosovo (Kosovan Turks), Lebanon (Lebanese Turks), Libya (Libyan Turks), the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian Turks), Montenegro (Montenegrin Turks), Romania (Romanian Turks), Syria (Syrian Turkmens), Tunisia (Tunisian Turks), and Yemen (Yemeni Turks). In addition, due to migration, a large Turkish diaspora has been established, particularly in Europe (see Turks in Europe) where large communities have been formed in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Liechtenstein; there is also large Turkish communities living in Australia, the Middle East, North America and the former Soviet Union.
