Bosniaks in Turkey

Bosniaks in Türkiye
Türkiye'deki Boşnaklar
Total population
400,000-2,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Marmara Region, Aegean Region
Languages
Bosnian, Turkish
Religion
Sunni Islam

Bosniaks in Turkiye are citizens of Turkiye who are, or descend from, ethnic Bosniak people, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics.

The Bosniak community in Turkiye has its origins predominantly in the exodus of Bosniaks from the Bosnia Eyalet taking place in the 19th and early 20th century as a result of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire's rule in the Balkans. The number of Bosniaks living in Turkey is 116,000.[1] Bosniaks mostly live in the Marmara Region which is in other words the north-west of Turkey. The biggest Bosniak community in Turkey is in Istanbul. Yenibosna ("New Bosnia") is a borough, located on the western part of the Istanbul district of Bahçelievler, bordering with the neighboring district Küçükçekmece. The district saw rapid migration from the former Ottoman Empire after the founding of the Republic of Turkey.[2] The origin of the borough's name comes from the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. The settlement was initially named Saraybosna, which is the Turkish equivalent of Sarajevo, before it was renamed Yenibosna with the formation of the Republic of Turkey.

Marmara Region

There are notable Bosniak communities in İzmir, Karamürsel, Yalova, Bursa and Edirne.

  1. ^ Project, Joshua. "Bosniak in Türkiye (Turkey)". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ "NÜFUS DURUMU | Bahçelievler Belediyesi". Belediyeden.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2017-04-14.