Antiochian Greeks - Citizendia

Antiochian Greeks are the members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch who have resided in the territory of contemporary Turkish province of Hatay. The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as the Eastern Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, the Antiochian Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Patriarchate Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Hatay is a province of southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast with Syria to the south and east They are primarily speakers of Levantine Arabic, but also of Greek and Turkish. Levantine Arabic (Arabic شامي (Shami and sometimes called Eastern Arabic) is a group of Arabic varieties spoken in the 100 km-wide eastern-Mediterranean Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages.

Historically, they were considered as a part of Rûm millet by the Ottoman authorities. Rûm, also Roum or Rhum (in Arabic الرُّومُ ar-Rūm, Persian / Turkish Rum) is a very indefinite Millet is an Ottoman Turkish term for a Confessional community in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The community had a notable tendency of immigration in early 20th century. As the Sanjak of Alexandretta was then a part of Syria, Antiochian Greeks were not subject to population exchange of 1923. Sanjak and Sandjak (other variants sinjaq sanjaq) are the most common English transcriptions of the Turkish word sancak İskenderun, also Iskenderon (formerly in Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα Alexandretta; in Arabic الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey is the first large-scale population exchange, or agreed mutual expulsion in the 20th century After Hatay was annexed by Turkey in 1939, many emigrated to Syria and Lebanon. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Following 1960s, a new wave of immigration has drawn Antiochian Greeks to Western countries.

According to a census conducted by the Patriarchate of Antioch in 1895, there were 50,000 Antiochian Greeks in the Sanjak, compared to about 30,000 in the 1930s. ^[1] In 1995, their total population was estimated at 10,000. ^[2] Today, a significant number of Antiochian Greeks in Turkey live in Istanbul. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey They are concentrated in İskenderun, Samandağ, and Altınözü in Hatay. İskenderun, also Iskenderon (formerly in Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα Alexandretta; in Arabic الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn Samandağ, is a town in Hatay Province of southern Turkey, at the mouth of the Orontes River on the Mediterranean coast near Turkey's Altınözü is a district in the south-east of Hatay Province of Turkey, on the border between Turkey and Syria. There is also a community in Mersin. This article is about the city of Mersin see Mersin Province, (named İçel province until 2002 for information about the surrounding area A case of intercommunal violence with Muslims in Altınözü was reported in 2005. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The events were allegedly sparked by an harassment of a Christian girl by a Muslim barber's apprentice. ^[3]

References

^ Peter Alford Andrews, Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-89500-297-6
^ The Greeks of Turkey, 1992-1995 Fact-sheet by Marios D. Dikaiakos
^ (Turkish) Taciz yüzünden cemaatler dövüştü

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