Turks in Kosovo

Turks in Kosovo
Turqit në Kosovë (Albanian)
Kosova'daki Türkler (Turkish)
Total population
  • 18,738 (2011 census)[1]
  • (1.1% of Kosovo's population)
  • Other estimates: 30,000[2] to 50,000[3]
  • (about 1–2% of Kosovo's population)[4]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Albanians, Balkan Turks, Gagauz people, Turkish people and other Turkic peoples

Turks in Kosovo (Albanian: Turqit në Kosovë), also known as Kosovo Turks or Kosovan Turks (Turkish: Kosova Türkleri, Albanian: Turqit Kosovar), are the ethnic Turks who constitute a minority group in Kosovo. Kosovo Turks make up the majority of inhabitans in Mamusha but also form considerable communities in Pristina and Prizren. Although some Turks settled Kosovo after the Ottoman Conquest, the vast majority of Kosovo Turks are of Albanian origin.

  1. ^ http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/1/Te%20dhenat%20kryesore_ALB/#/0 [dead link‍]
  2. ^ OSCE 2010, 3.
  3. ^ Cole 2011, 368.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TodaysZaman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).