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 of Japan of Justice. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan. As of March 12, 2011, the Filipino population of Japan was 305,972. Koreans in Japan are the fifth largest ethnic minorities in the country. Most of them arrived in the early 20th century. As of 2012, there are 530,421 Koreans in Japan who are not Japanese citizens. Chinese people in Japan are the one of the largest ethnic minority in Japan. They comprise 0.52% of Japan's population. Chinese people are mostly concentrated in Osaka, Tokyo, and Yokohama areas. The Ainu is an aboriginal ethnic