Ethnic and Religious Minorities and Their Political Role in Turkey (1923 – 1960)

Abstract

     The research sheds light on the ethnic and religious minorities living on the territory of the Turkish republic, in an attempt to understand and clarify their political role in the history of turkey in light of the period (1923- 1960), given the sensitivity of the sensitivity of the issue of these minorities to Turkish national security, it has become one of the most important issues in Turkish society, raised every time to prove its existence within turkey, this is despite its denial and resistance for decades since the founding of the Turkish republic in 1923, which resorted to force to erase its existence, but its attempts failed, so these nationalities remained present, searching for their political role