The document summarizes information about minorities in Turkey, including Greeks, Romanians, Spanish, Poles, Hungarians, and Lithuanians. It notes that the Greek population in Turkey has been decreasing due to emigration abroad and now numbers around 4,000. It describes some cultural interactions and similarities between Turkey and other countries mentioned, such as shared words, historical figures, and student exchange programs.

1. MINORITIES IN TURKEY

2. GREEKS

3. Most of the Greek people live in İstanbul. They live
especially in Beyoğlu, Galata, Nişantaşı and Prince
Islands.

4. POPULATION
• The number of Greeks is about 4000 in Turkey.
• The number of Greeks emigrated from Turkey to
abroad is approximately 60000.
• The Greek population in Turkey is gradually
decreasing because of emigration to abroad.

5. • There are nearly 13000 words in common.
• Example Words…
TURKISH ENGLISH GREEK
Aşık Someone in love Asikis
Ananas Pineapple Ananas
Bezelye Pea Bizeli
Biber Pepper Piperi
Biftek Steak Bifteki
Kalamar Squid Kalamari
Kalfa Shop Assistant Kalfas
Kaldırım Sidewalk Kaldirimi
Kalem Pencil Kalemi
Manav Green Grocer Manavis
INTERACTION IN LANGUAGE

6. CULTURE

7. The Greek in Turkey can speak their own language,
attend to Greek schools, perform their religion and
customs through the rights they gained by Treaty of
Lausanne.

8. The ritual of taking cross out from sea in Golden Horn
on the 6th of January on Jesus’ birhtday and baptism.

9. ‘The Virgin Mary Fair’ held at Easter in Prince
Islands.

10. Saint Yorgi Day( or George for Catholics)
at Aya Yorgi Monastery in Prince Islands.

11. Food in Common
• There are many meals and drinks in common because of
the interaction of two nations.
• For example:
baklava baklavas
kadayıf kadaifi
köfte keftedes
dolma dolmades
imambayıldı imam baildi
bira bira
fasulye fasoli
biftek bifteki

12. Celebrities

13. Composers who performed Turkish
Music
• Hristo Efendi (Hristâki Kiryazis)
• Andon (Batrik Kiryazis)
• Zaharya (Kürkçü Mir Cemil)
• İstavri Efendi
• Kemânî Zafiraki
• Tiryaki
• Kemânî Corci
• Civan Ağa (Latvacı Zivanis)

14. Lefter Küçükandonyadis
called ordinary professor, is a Greek
footballer who played for Fenerbeahçe and
Turkish National.

15. Greek Schools in Turkey
• Most of those schools were closed because many
parents preferred Turkish Schools to thoes ones.
• There are a few active Greek schools.
• Some of those are …

16. Fener Greek High School

17. ROMANIA

18. The frindship between Turkey and
Romania has a deep background.
Our relations get
its power from
the historical
proximity
between our
countries and
our people and
of course from
the mutual
interaction.

19. CULTURAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO
COUNTRIES
• Dimitri Kantemur Culture Center is
an example of this interaction.
• Dimitri Kantemur wrote his first
novel in 18th century.
• He also interested in Classical
Turkish music and composed lots
of songs.

20. Turkish and Romanian language have lots of
similar words.
Örnek Kelimeler.
bacşiş(bahşiş) terlik(terlik) tavan(tavan)
cirese(kiraz) dulap (dolap) musafir (misafir)
caisa (kayısı) pantoloni(pantolon) taban(taban)
chibrit (kibrit) sütiyen(südyen) perdele(perde
çay(çay) kilot(kilot) legeni(leğen)
ciorba (çorba) haide (haydi) sapun (sabun)
kafe(kahve) dabacana(dabacan) ibrik(ibrik)
cioban (çoban) lalea (lale) kel (kel)

21. SPAIN

22. These two countries initiated the ‘Civilizations
Alliance’in 2005.Then,this project spreaded to
125 countries as a United Nations Project.
Modern Turkish-Spanish relations started with
the ‘PEACE,FRIENDSHIP AND TRADE PACT’
in 1782.

23. Nearly 300000 Spanish tourists come to Turkey
every year..

24. There are 259 Erasmus students from Spain in
Turkey.

25. POLAND

26. Turkey and Poland always lived in a peace
throughout the history.

27. This year,the 600th anniversary of the diplomatic
relations between Turkey and Poland will be
celebrated.

28. Trade,investment,transportation and tourism are
important for our economic relations.

29. There are 566 Erasmus students from Poland in
Turkey.

30. HUNGARY

31. • These two countries have a mutual history and so
they always see each other as a friend country.
• There is ‘Hungarian Professorship’ in Ankara
University in Turkey.

32. Turkish and Hungarian are in the same linguistic
family.
Some similar words…
• ata-atya ana-anya
• var-van benim-enyem
• kapı-kapu sevgi-semmi
• yer-ter öküz-ökör
• tavuk-tyuk keçi-kecke
• kuçu(köpek)-kuçu

33. Ibrahim Müteferrika who came from
Hungary established the first printing press
in 1727 in İstanbul.

34. Hungarian Secenyi Paşa is one of the
leaders of Turkish firefighting.

35. LITHUANIA

36. ‘Friendship Pact’ between Turkey and Lithuania
was signed on 17th September,1930.
The most important project between Turkey and
Lithuania is the ‘Viking Project’It aims
commercial and economical collaboration.

37. There are 234 Erasmus students from Lithuania
in Turkey.

38. Litvanya’dan yıllık 70 bin turist Türkiye'yi ziyaret
etmektedir.

39. THANK YOU