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,
Azerbaijani population total population. Borchali is a region of Georgia largely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis. Historical name of present day-Kvemo Kartli. In 2002, Kvemo Kartli province of Georgia had the following ethnic makeup of 497,530 total population, and 45.1% are Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijani native in Turkey living in Iğdır and Kars Province from the Eastern Anatolia Region. By 1990, about 400,000 Azerbaijanis lived in a belt of land on the Turkish side of the Soviet border. They currently are the largest ethnic group in the city of Iğdır and second largest ethnic group in Kars Province. Azerbaijani population The Azerbaijani people are a