Turkey: Treatment of minorities, specifically Circassians; information on Circassians in Turkey
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TUR11370 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkey: Treatment of minorities, specifically Circassians; information on Circassians in Turkey, 1 August 1992, TUR11370, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acc316.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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According to The Encyclopedia of the Third World, "Officially, there are no ethnic minorities in Turkey. ... Members of ethnic minorities are treated as second-class citizens and are excluded from full participation and acceptance in Turkish life" (Kurian 1987, 2007). The sources regularly consulted by the IRBDC provide details only on Armenians, Greeks, Syrians and Kurds when discussing minorities in Turkey. The Encyclopaedia Britannica states that "Circassian communities exist in Anatolian Turkey (150,000) ... [and] officially, the Circassians are Sunnite Muslims" (1989, 326).
The IRBDC in Ottawa has no further information on this subject at the present time.
References
Kurian, George Thomas, ed. 1987. Encyclopedia of the Third World. 3rd. ed. Vol. 3. New York: Facts on File, Inc.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. 1989. Vol. 3. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Attachments
Kurian, George Thomas, ed. 1987. Encyclopedia of the Third World. 3rd. ed. Vol. 3. New York: Facts on File, Inc., pp. 2006-9.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. 1989. Vol. 3. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., pg. 326.
