Turkish majorities was the last census in which people were asked about their mother tongue. This map shows the distribution of people who spoke Turkish during this period. Turkish Cypriots lived throughout the island of
Cyprus. However, the
1974 Cypriot coup d'état initiated by the
Greek military junta, which sought to annex the island to
Greece, prompted the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus followed by the declaration of the
Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. Since the establishment of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983 the majority of Turkish Cypriots live mostly in the northern region of the island. The break-away state remains internationally unrecognised, except by
Turkey.
Turkish "communities" Turkish minorities Turkish minorities in the Balkans . According to the 2011 Bulgarian census the Turks make up a majority in the
Kardzhali Province (66.2%) and the
Razgrad Province (50.02%). the Turks make up a majority in
Mamuša (93.1%). the Turks make up a majority in the
Centar Župa Municipality (80.2%) and the
Plasnica Municipality (97.8%). the Turks make up a majority in
Dobromir (61.93%) located in the
Constanța County.
Turkish minorities in the Caucasus region of
Georgia had the largest Turkish population in
Caucasus prior to the
Second World War. In 1944
Joseph Stalin deported the
Meskhetian Turkish minority to other parts of the
Soviet Union, where they now form a large diaspora.
Turkish minorities in the Levant ("national oath") sought to include Turkish majority areas in the
Mosul Vilayet (in Iraq) and the
Aleppo Vilayet and the
Zor Sanjak (in Syria) in the proposals for the new borders of a Turkish nation in 1920. " region. and
Aydamun, in the
Akkar District of
Lebanon.
Turkish minorities in North Africa Other Arab countries ==Turkish diasporas==