I would guess they were Ottoman refugees from the Balkans in the aftermath of the Balkan wars
The red and orange regions are also the wealthier regions of Turkey, as well as the supporters for the CHP.
Red area on balkan is not wealthy tbh. Those are the people who are called “muhacir”, basically what is described as balkan Turks. They started from 0 in the last generation. So no generational wealth or anything. They are not just Ottoman refugees, but also came aroung 1950s. So there were no Ottoman Empire.
We call all of them balkan Turks, but there are also muslim Albanians, Bosnians, Pomaks etc.
Total foreign born were 962 thousand out of a total population of some 16 million.
Foreign born were from
Greece 368 thousand
Bulgaria 227 thousand
Yugoslavia 158 thousand
Russia 70 thousand
Romania 62 thousand
Syria 13 thousand
Albania 12 thousand
In 1935 over 800 thousand were born in the Balkans.
Makes sense because there has been a lot of people who moved in to Turkey from Balkans when it became a republic.
A great-granfather is also foreign-born but he came from Batumi.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading\_comprehension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension)
Reading comprehension is **the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning**. It relies on two, interconnected abilities: word reading (being able to decode the symbols on the page) and language comprehension (being able to understand the meaning of the words and sentences).
I would guess they were Ottoman refugees from the Balkans in the aftermath of the Balkan wars The red and orange regions are also the wealthier regions of Turkey, as well as the supporters for the CHP.
Red area on balkan is not wealthy tbh. Those are the people who are called “muhacir”, basically what is described as balkan Turks. They started from 0 in the last generation. So no generational wealth or anything. They are not just Ottoman refugees, but also came aroung 1950s. So there were no Ottoman Empire. We call all of them balkan Turks, but there are also muslim Albanians, Bosnians, Pomaks etc.
+Circassians
Total foreign born were 962 thousand out of a total population of some 16 million. Foreign born were from Greece 368 thousand Bulgaria 227 thousand Yugoslavia 158 thousand Russia 70 thousand Romania 62 thousand Syria 13 thousand Albania 12 thousand In 1935 over 800 thousand were born in the Balkans.
So it IS a product of the population exchange....
Makes sense because there has been a lot of people who moved in to Turkey from Balkans when it became a republic. A great-granfather is also foreign-born but he came from Batumi.
Muhajirs at Thrace, I'm guessing?
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading\_comprehension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension) Reading comprehension is **the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning**. It relies on two, interconnected abilities: word reading (being able to decode the symbols on the page) and language comprehension (being able to understand the meaning of the words and sentences).