Pomaks in Turkey Pomaks in Turkey The Pomaks in Turkey refers to an ethnic group, who are predominantly Muslim and speak their own dialect of Bulgarian. They mostly live in Eastern Thrace, though some are also present in Anatolia. In the census of 1965, 23,138 Turkish citizens spoke Pomak as mother language. Proportionally, they were most numerous in Edirne (3.4%), Kırklareli (1.3%) and Çanakkale (1.0%). 2,776 of these could only speak Pomak . Another 34,234 spoke Pomak as second best language. The Pomaks of Turkey speak a Bulgarian dialect. According to Ethnologue at present 300,000 Pomaks in European Turkey speak Bulgarian as mother
Eastern Front (Turkey) operations. On April 2, 1919, the XV Corps was organized as follows: On May 15, 1919, the XV Corps was organized as follows: On June 22, 1920, the Eastern Front was organized as follows: On August 11, 1920, the Nahcivan Detachment was organized as follows: On October 1, 1922, the Eastern Front was organized as follows: Eastern Front (Turkey) The Eastern Front (Modern Turkish: "Şark Cephesi" or "Doğu Cephesi") was one of the fronts of the Army of the Grand National Assembly during the Turkish War of Independence. Its commanded all military units in Eastern Region. At first, its headquarters