Joshua Project - Ethnic People Groups of Turkey

Turkey – People Groups

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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Abaza	12,000		0.00 %	0.20 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Abaza	0P Abaza	0M Abaza of Turkey	0T
Abkhaz	43,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Abkhaz	0P Abkhaz	0M Abkhaz of Turkey	0T
Adyghe	312,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Adyghe	0P Adyghe	0M Adyghe of Turkey	0T
Adyghe, Kabardian	1,047,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kabardian	0P Adyghe, Kabardian	0M Adyghe, Kabardian of Turkey	0T
Albanian, Tosk	65,000		0.55 %	30.00 %		2.2	Islam	Albanian, Tosk	0P Albanian, Tosk	1	1
Americans, U.S.	7,500		29.00 %	77.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P Americans, U.S.	1	0T
Arab, Lebanese	1,118,000		0.10 %	0.50 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantin	0P Arab, Lebanese	1	0T
Arab, North Iraqi	513,000		0.10 %	0.50 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Arabic, North Mesopota	1	1	0T
Armenian, Ermeni	60,000		8.00 %	94.00 %		3.2	Christianity	Armenian	0P Armenian, Ermeni	0M Armenian, Ermeni of Turkey	0T
Assyrian	25,000		2.91 %	95.00 %		3.1	Christianity	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0P Assyrian	1	0T
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	532,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Azerbaijani, South	0P Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	0M Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk of Turkey	1
Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Yoruk	412,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	0P Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Yoruk	0M Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Yoruk of Turkey	1
Bosniak	100,000		0.00 %	0.10 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Bosnian	0P Bosniak	0M Bosniak of Turkey	0T
British	34,000		8.00 %	61.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P British	1	1
Bulgarian	6,900		1.90 %	80.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Bulgarian	0P Bulgarian	1	0T
Chaldean, Neo-Aramaic	300		1.00 %	90.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0P Chaldean, Neo-Aramaic	1	0T
Chechen	7,300		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Chechen	0P Chechen	1	0T
Deaf		Y	0.01 %	0.20 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish Sign Language	1	1	1
French	3,800		1.00 %	63.00 %		2.2	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
Gajal, Gadzhal	16,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	1	1	1
Georgian, Western	148,000		1.50 %	79.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Georgian	0P Georgian, Western	1	0T
German	6,000		2.10 %	65.00 %		3.1	Christianity	German, Standard	0P German	1	1
Greek	3,600		0.40 %	91.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Greek	0P Greek	0M Greek of Turkey	0T
Gypsy, Domari	31,000	Y	0.20 %	1.00 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Domari	0P Gypsy, Domari	1	0T
Han Chinese, Mandarin	37,000		5.70 %	6.00 %		3.2	Non-Religious	Chinese, Mandarin	0P Han Chinese, Mandarin	1	0T
Hemshin	20,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	0P Hemshin	1	0T
Herki	38,000	Y	0.00 %	0.30 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kurdish, Northern	0P Herki	0M Herki of Turkey	0T
Hertevin	1,100	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Hertevin	1	0M Hertevin of Turkey	1
Italian	1,600		1.10 %	83.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Italian	0P Italian	1	1
Jew, Spanish	13,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Ethnic Religions	Ladino	0P Jew, Spanish	1	0T
Jew, Turkish	9,800	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Ethnic Religions	Turkish	1	1	1
Karakalpak	73,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Karakalpak	0P Karakalpak	0M Karakalpak of Turkey	0T
Kazakh, Qazaqi	7,600		0.03 %	0.10 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Kazakh	0P Kazakh, Qazaqi	1	0T
Kumyk	1,500		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kumyk	0P Kumyk	1	0T
Kurd, Kurmanji	8,013,000	Y	0.00 %	0.01 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kurdish, Northern	0P Kurd, Kurmanji	0M Kurd, Kurmanji of Turkey	0T
Kurd, Turkish-Speaking	5,799,000	Y	0.00 %	0.01 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	0P Kurd, Turkish-Speaking	0M Kurd, Turkish-Speaking of Turkey	0T
Kyrgyz	1,500		0.70 %	5.00 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Kyrgyz	0P Kyrgyz	0M Kyrgyz of Turkey	0T
Laz, Lazuri	250,000	Y	0.20 %	2.00 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Laz	0P Laz, Lazuri	0M Laz, Lazuri of Turkey	0T
Macedonian	31,000		0.20 %	65.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Macedonian	0P Macedonian	1	0T
Ossete	36,000		0.30 %	6.00 %		2.2	Islam	Osetin	1	0M Ossete of Turkey	0T
Persian	609,000		0.10 %	0.30 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Farsi, Western	0P Persian	1	0T
Pomak	346,000	Y	0.40 %	2.00 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Bulgarian	0P Pomak	0M Pomak of Turkey	0T
Pontic Greek	10,000		0.00 %	5.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Pontic	0P Pontic Greek	1	1
Romani, Balkan	65,000		0.50 %	4.50 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Romani, Balkan	0P Romani, Balkan	0M Romani, Balkan of Turkey	0T
Russian	6,700		1.20 %	68.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Russian	0P Russian	1	1
Serb	4,500		0.60 %	80.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Serbian	0P Serb	1	0T
Shikaki	23,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kurdish, Northern	0P Shikaki	0M Shikaki of Turkey	0T
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo	15,000	Y	0.90 %	88.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Turoyo	1	1	1
Tatar	25,000		0.00 %	0.50 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Tatar	0P Tatar	1	0T
Tatar, Crimean	98,000	Y	0.01 %	0.05 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Crimean Tatar	0P Tatar, Crimean	1	0T
Turk	51,906,000	Y	0.00 %	0.01 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	0P Turk	0M Turk of Turkey	0T
Turkmen, Turkoman	1,400		0.00 %	1.50 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkmen	0P Turkmen, Turkoman	0M Turkmen, Turkoman of Turkey	0T
Urdu	22,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Urdu	0P Urdu	0M Urdu of Turkey	0T
Uyghur	800		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Uyghur	0P Uyghur	1	0T
Uzbek, Southern	3,700		0.10 %	0.50 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Uzbek, Southern	0P Uzbek, Southern	1	0T
Zaza-Alevi	181,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Kirmanjki	0P Zaza-Alevi	0M Zaza-Alevi of Turkey	0T
Zaza-Dimli	1,139,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Dimli	0P Zaza-Dimli	0M Zaza-Dimli of Turkey	0T
Total People Groups: 57	73,294,000	22			39	1.2			50	25	44
Unclassified / Other Individuals	1,215,000
UN Country Population (2012)	74,509,000

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Turkey –

% of People Groups

% of Population in People Groups

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Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population

	Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached	39	68.4 %	72,801,000	99.3 %
	Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church	12	21.1 %	323,000	0.4 %
	Level 3 - Established / Significant Church	6	10.5 %	170,000	0.2 %

Totals		57		73,294,000

Turkey – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Abaza 12,000	© Copyrighted Photo Abkhaz 43,000	Adyghe 312,000	© Copyrighted Photo Adyghe, Kabardian 1,047,000	© Copyrighted Photo Albanian, Tosk 65,000	Americans, U.S. 7,500
Arab, Lebanese 1,118,000	Armenian, Ermeni 60,000	Assyrian 25,000	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk 532,000	Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Yoruk 412,000	Bosniak 100,000
British 34,000	Bulgarian 6,900	Chaldean, Neo-Aramaic 300	Chechen 7,300	French 3,800	Georgian, Western 148,000
German 6,000	Greek 3,600	© Copyrighted Photo Gypsy, Domari 31,000	Han Chinese, Mandarin 37,000	Hemshin 20,000	© Copyrighted Photo Herki 38,000
Italian 1,600	Jew, Spanish 13,000	Karakalpak 73,000	Kazakh, Qazaqi 7,600	© Copyrighted Photo Kumyk 1,500	Kurd, Kurmanji 8,013,000
Kurd, Turkish-Speaking 5,799,000	Kyrgyz 1,500	Laz, Lazuri 250,000	Macedonian 31,000	Persian 609,000	Pomak 346,000
Pontic Greek 10,000	Romani, Balkan 65,000	© Copyrighted Photo Russian 6,700	Serb 4,500	© Copyrighted Photo Shikaki 23,000	© Copyrighted Photo Tatar 25,000
Tatar, Crimean 98,000	Turk 51,906,000	Turkmen, Turkoman 1,400	Urdu 22,000	Uyghur 800	Uzbek, Southern 3,700
© Copyrighted Photo Zaza-Alevi 181,000	Zaza-Dimli 1,139,000
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Turkey – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Abaza	abq	1	1	Need?	1	1	1	1	1
Abkhaz	abk	1	1	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Adyghe	ady	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Albanian, Tosk	als	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	1	Portions	0	1	1	0	0
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken	ayp	1	1	None	1	1	0	0	0
Armenian	hye	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	aii	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Azerbaijani, South	azb	1	1	None	1	1	0	0	1
Bosnian	bos	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	1
Bulgarian	bul	2	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	cld	1	0	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Chechen	che	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Crimean Tatar	crh	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Dimli	diq	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	1
Domari	rmt	1	1	None	1	1	1	0	1
English	eng	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Farsi, Western	pes	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
French	fra	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	kat	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
German, Standard	deu	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Greek	ell	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hertevin	hrt	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	1
Italian	ita	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Kabardian	kbd	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Karakalpak	kaa	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Kazakh	kaz	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Kirmanjki	kiu	1	1	None	1	1	0	0	1
Kumyk	kum	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	0
Kurdish, Northern	kmr	3	3	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Kyrgyz	kir	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Ladino	lad	1	1	Complete	0	1	1	0	1
Laz	lzz	1	1	Need?	1	1	1	0	1
Macedonian	mkd	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	1
Osetin	oss	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Pontic	pnt	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	1
Romani, Balkan	rmn	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Russian	rus	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Serbian	srp	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Tatar	tat	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Turkish	tur	6	6	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish Sign Language	tsm	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	1
Turkmen	tuk	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Turoyo	tru	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Urdu	urd	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Uyghur	uig	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Uzbek, Southern	uzs	1	1	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Totals:	48	57	39		38	19	38	42	19

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Turkey – Religions

Major Religions
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Christianity Segments
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Turkey – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Turkey. Ministries in the Turkey section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Central Asia section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

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Turkey – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	73,294,000
Percent Urbanization	70 %
Total People Groups	57
Unreached People Groups	39
Region	Central Asia
10/40 Window	Yes
Official National Language	Turkish
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent	0.5% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	0.0% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	1.2
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.722 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

State Department Religious Freedom Report

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Notes

[1] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.

[2] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.