Minorities in Turkey Minorities in Turkey Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, with at least an estimated 30% of the populace belonging to an ethnic minority. While the Republic of Turkey, following the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, recognizes Armenians, Greeks and Jews as ethnic minorities, this legal status is not granted to Muslim minorities, such as the Kurds, which constitute the largest minority by a wide margin (13–18%), nor any of the other minorities in the country. The amount of ethnic minorities is suspected to be underestimated by the Turkish government. Ethnic Albanians, Pontic Greeks, Kurds, Arabs, Bosniaks,
Ethnic groups in Baltimore In September 2014, immigrants from Israel were the forty-eighth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore. In 1920, 19,320 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke either the Hebrew language or the Yiddish language. In September 2014, the Hebrew language was the thirty-second most commonly spoken language in Baltimore, after the English language. In 1920, 8 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke the Turkish language. In September 2014, immigrants from Turkey were the eighty-seventh largest foreign-born population in Baltimore. Ethnic groups in Baltimore There have been various ethnic groups in Baltimore, Maryland and its surrounding area since it was founded as a British