Bosniaks in Turkey explained

Group:	Bosniaks in Turkey
Native Name:	Türkiye'deki Boşnaklar
Total1:	106,000
Popplace:	Marmara Region, Aegean Region
Rels:	Sunni Islam
Langs:	Bosnian, Turkish

Bosniaks in Turkey are citizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, ethnic Bosniak people, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics.

The Bosniak community in Turkey has its origins predominantly in the exodus of Bosniaks from the Bosnia Eyalet taking place in the 19th and early 20th century as a result of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire's rule in the Balkans. According to estimates commissioned in 2008 by the National Security Council of Turkey (Milli Güvenlik Kurulu) as many as 2,000,000 Turkish citizens are of Bosniak ancestry.^[1] Bosniaks mostly live in the Marmara Region which is in other words the north-west of Turkey. The biggest Bosniak community in Turkey is in Istanbul.Yenibosna ("New Bosnia") is a borough, located on the western part of the Istanbul district of Bahçelievler, bordering with the neighboring district Küçükçekmece. The district saw rapid migration from the former Ottoman Empire after the founding of the Republic of Turkey.^[2] The origin of the borough's name comes from the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. The settlement was initially named Saraybosna, which is the Turkish equivalent of Sarajevo, before it was renamed Yenibosna with the formation of the Republic of Turkey.

There are notable Bosniak communities in İzmir, Karamürsel, Yalova, Bursa and Edirne.

Numbers

Bosnian-speaking population in Turkey^[3] !Year!As first language!As second language!Total!Turkey's population!% of Total speakers

1935	24,615	13,526	38,141	16,157,450	0.24
1945	10,900	9,599	20,499	18,790,174	0.11
1950	24,013	0	24,013	20,947,188	0.11
1955	11,844	12,669	24,513	24,064,763	0.10
1960	14,570	37,526	52,096	27,754,820	0.19
1965	17,627	39,589	52,209	31,391,421	0.18

In the census of 1965, those who spoke Bosnian as first language were proportionally most numerous in Kocaeli (1.2%), Sakarya (0.7%), Kırklareli (0.4%) and Izmir (0.2%).

There are currently an estimated 106,000 Turkish citizens identifying as Bosniaks.

Notable people

• Barış Falay, actor (Maternal side)
• Begüm Kütük, actress (Maternal side)
• Berk Hakman, actor (Bosniak descendant)
• Birkan Sokullu, actor (Bosniak descendant)
• Çagatay Ulusoy, actor (Maternal side)
• Bülent Ecevit, politician, served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times (Maternal side)
• Erkan Baş, politician (Bosniak descendant)
• Farah Zeynep Abdullah, actress (grandparents)
• Furkan Andıç, actor (Maternal side)
• Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, famed actor (Paternal side, Bosniak and Albanian)
• Meliha İsmailoğlu, national volleyball team player
• Sabiha Gökçen, the first female combat pilot (Both paternal and maternal side)
• Seda Bakan,^[4] actress (Paternal side)
• Sedef Avcı, actress (Maternal Side)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina–Turkey relations
• Turks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Türkiye'deki Kürtlerin sayısı! . Milliyet.com.tr . 2008-06-06 . 2013-05-05 . tr .
2. Web site: NÜFUS DURUMU | Bahçelievler Belediyesi. Belediyeden.com . 2017-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707222357/http://belediyeden.com/156/bahcelievler-belediyesi/1103414/nufus-durumu.html# . 2011-07-07 . dead .
3. Fuat Dündar, Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar, 2000
4. Web site: Ervin Qafmolla. Alleged Coup Leader in Turkey 'Born in Kosovo' :: Balkan Insight. Balkaninsight.com. 21 July 2016. en. .html. 19 July 2016.