Turks of Croatia, also referred to as Turkish Croatians or Croatian Turks, (Croatian: Turci u Hrvatskoj; Turkish: Hırvatistan Türkleri) are one among 22 recognised national minorities in Croatia. According to the 2021 census, there were 404 Turks living in Croatia, most of which most lived in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and later in the City of Zagreb. Only 368 native Turkish-language speakers live in that country.[3]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 404 (2021 census)[1] est. 2,000[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| City of Zagreb | 134 |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | 91 |
| Istria County | 50 |
| Split-Dalmatia County | 37 |
| Zadar County | 17 |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
Turks compose approximately 0.01% of the total population. The majority of Croatian Turks are Sunni Muslims, and make up 0.6% of Croatia's Muslim population (50,981 Muslims in total).
History
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Turkish Embassy in Zagreb, CroatiaDuring the Croatian-Ottoman Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, parts of Croatia were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire and settled by Turks. However, the majority of these retreated to other parts of Rumelia or Anatolia after the end of Ottoman rule. Many ethnic Turks in Croatia today are from more recent immigrations from the mid-20th century onwards.[citation needed]
Culture
editIn the Independent State of Croatia, the Croatian Muslim Printing House issued a magazine in Turkish language intended for the Turkish public, the European turkologists and those in the Independent State of Croatia who spoke Turkish language. The magazine was called The East and the West: the Cultural, Economic, Social and Political Magazine (Turkish: Doğu ve Batı. Kültür, iktisat, sosyal ve siyasi mecmuası). It was issued between 6 April 1943 and 15 August 1944. It was the first magazine in Turkish language on the territory of the present-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and second on the territory of the former Yugoslavia.[4]
Population
edit| Official name of Croatia | Year | Number of Turks |
|---|---|---|
| - | 1931 | 186 |
 PR Croatia |
1948 | 13 |
| 1953 | 276 | |
| 1961 | 2,710 | |
| SR Croatia |
1971 | 221 |
| 1981 | 279 | |
| Croatia |
1991 | 320 |
| 2001 | 300 | |
| 2011 | 367 | |
| 2021 | 404 | |
| (Croatian Bureau of Statistics)[1][5] | ||
Notable people
edit- Banu Alkan, Turkish actress
See also
editReferences
editNotes
edit- ^ a b "Ethnic composition in Croatia, 2021" (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Zaman. "Altepe'den Hırvat Müslümanlara moral". Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "Population by Towns/Municipalities" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Vlašić 2013.
- ^ Population of Croatia 1931-2001
Journals
edit- Vlašić, Anđelko (5 December 2013). "Doğu ve Batı: hrvatski list na turskom jeziku (1943. – 1944.)". Behar (115). Kulturno društvo Bošnjaka Hrvatske Preporod. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
