Abkhaz people in Turkey

Abkhaz people in Turkey
Türkiye'deki Abazalar
Total population
39,000 – 500,000 ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Regions with significant populations
Düzce, Sakarya
Languages
Abkhaz, Turkish
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Circassians in Turkey

The Abkhaz people in Turkey refers to citizens and denizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, ethnic Abkhaz people who originate in Abkhazia.

Numbers

In the census of 1965, 4,563 Turkish citizens spoke Abkhaz as mother language; 280 of these spoke only Abkhaz. Another 7,556 spoke as second best language.

References

↑ Abkhaz. Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version
↑ (2009) Abkhazia Seeking Turkish Recognition of Independence
↑ (2009) ABKHAZIA’S DIASPORA: DREAMING OF HOME
↑ Chirikba 2003 p8

Demographics of Turkey

Religion	Bahá'í Faith Christianity Roman Catholicism Hinduism Islam Judaism Yazidism

Ethnic groups	Africans Albanians Arabs Iraqis Armenians Hemşinli Hidden Assyrians Australians Bosniaks Brazilians Bulgarians Canadians Caucasian peoples Abkhaz Chechens Azerbaijanis Circassians Georgians Ossetians Crimean Tatars Greeks Jews Kurds Laz Pomaks Romani Abdal Turks Serbs Zazas

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