Karamanlides
Greek Orthodox Turkish-speaking ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Karamanlides (Greek: Καραμανλήδες, romanized: Karamanlídes; Turkish: Karamanlılar), also known as Karamanli Greeks[1][2][3] or simply Karamanlis, are a traditionally Turkish-speaking Greek Orthodox people native to the region of Karaman in Anatolia.
Καραμανλήδες Karamanlılar | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Greece | |
Languages | |
Originally Karamanli Turkish, now predominantly Modern Greek | |
Religion | |
Orthodox Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Cappadocian Greeks, Turks |
Some scholars traditionally regard Karamanlides as Turkish-speaking Greeks,[1][4][5][6] though their exact ethnic origin is disputed; they could either be descendants of Byzantine Greeks who were linguistically Turkified, or of Christian Turkic soldiers who settled in the region after the Turkic conquests, or even both.[7] The Karamanlides were forced to leave Anatolia during the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Today, a majority of the population live in Greece and have fully integrated into Greek society.