Kelompok minoritas di Turki: Perbedaan antara revisi

{{Main article|Orang Kurdi di Turki|}}[[File:Kurdish population by region (KONDA 2010).png|thumb|Percentage of Kurdish population in Turkey by region<ref name=KONDAkurd>{{cite web|title=Kürt Meselesi̇ni̇ Yeni̇den Düşünmek|url=http://www.konda.com.tr/tr/raporlar/2010_12_KONDA_Kurt_Meselesini_Yeniden_Dusunmek.pdf|publisher=KONDA|accessdate=2013-06-11|pages=19–20|date=July 2010}}</ref>]]
[[Berkas:Kurdish mother & child Van 1973.jpg|jmpl|Seorang wanita Kurdi yang menggendong anaknya.]]
Ethnic [[Kurds]] are the largest minority in Turkey, composing around 20% of the population according to Milliyet, 18% of the total populace or c. 14 million people according to the CIA World Factbook, and as much as 23% according to Kurdologist David McDowall.<ref name="CIA World Factbook: Turkey">CIA World Factbook: [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html Turkey]</ref><ref>David McDowall. ''A Modern History of the Kurds.'' Third Edition. I.B.Tauris, May 14, 2004 - 504 pages, page 3.</ref> Unlike the Turks, the Kurds speak an [[Iranian language]]. There are Kurds living all over Turkey, but most live to the east and southeast of the country, from where they originate.