Greek Communities in Turkey

Greek Minority within Turkey

Once's vibrant greek community of Turkey -and the most populous one, nowdays they are about 5.000
people when we include single greek families, mix marriages, greek Istanbul diaspora Greeks who stay
here for more than six months. Population nowdays seems to be stable . >>

İstanbul : 5.000+
(İstanbul and Prince islands)

İzmir: 75+
(İzmir and surroundin' areas)

Gökçeada and Bozcaada: 204

İstanbul

In Imvros island there are about 187 Greeks most of them elderly. During summer days the population is
increases during the come back of the Greek-Imvrian diaspora. In Tenedos only 17 people still live there
and same as Imvros population increases during summer when abroad's Tenedians come back to their
home land.

IMVROS (Gökçeada) >>

ΤΕΝΕDOS (Bozcaada) >>

Imvros and Tenedos

Around and within Izmir's property they are still 75 people -most of them personel of the Greek Consulate
which locates in the city. They are also 8 families which are in the city since 1922 era. >>

Izmır

Various majority of the Greek population within Turkey are in İstanbul metropolitan area, İzmir and the
Aegean islands of İmvros (Gökçeada) and Tenedos (Bozcaada).

Except the impressive population's decline cause of the historical facts of the last 50 years slowly since
2008 there is a stable -but low increase of the population in terms of new greek new comers -especially
from Greece and abroad for business or permanent staying in the country.

detail:

index / Greeks in Turkey today