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Afro-Turks ( tr, Afrikalı Türkler) are
Some came from Crete following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. They settled on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast, mainly around İzmir. Africans in Ayvalık declare that their ancestors from Crete spoke Cretan Greek, Greek when they came to Turkey and learned Turkish later. Afro-Turks living in İzmir celebrated the traditional spring festival ''Dana Bayramı'' ("Calf Festival") until the 1960s. ''Dana Bayramı'' has currently been revived among the younger generation of Afro-Turks.
Ahmet Ali Çelikten, was an Ottoman warpilot during World War I.
Afrika'nın kapıları İzmir'e açılıyor
, ''Yeni Asır'', 21 November 2008, retrieved 25 January 2009.
Arts
* Esmeray (1949–2002), singer
* Tuğçe Güder (born 1984), adopted by Turkish parents, model and actress
* Kuzgun Acar (1928–1976), sculptor
* Mansur Ark, musician
* Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), musician
* Yasemin Esmergül, actress
* Ahmet Kostarika, actor
* Dursune Şirin, actress
* İbrahim Şirin, Ottoman classical music, classical Ottoman musician
* Cenk Sökmen, musician
* Melis Sökmen, actress, musician (Guinean grandmother)
* Sait Sökmen, ballet dancer, choreographer (Guinean mother)
* Sibel Sürel, ballerina
* Ali Tınaz, actor, television presenter
* Tuncay Vural, choreographer
* Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), actress, presenter (African Americans, African American father)
* Mert Güler, academician, yoga instructor, wellness trainer
*Tansel Öngel (born 1976), actor
*Selami Şahin (born 1948), musician, singer, songwriter
Sports
* Fercani Şener, footballer
* Ömer Besim Koşalay (1898–1956), athlete, journalist
* Vahap Özaltay (1908–1965), footballer
* Hadi Türkmen, former vice-president of the Turkish Football Federation
* Sadri Usluoğlu (1908–1987), basketball player and manager
* Mustafa Yıldız, ''known as "Arap Mustafa"'', 1972 and 1981 Kırkpınar champion
* Colin Kazim-Richards
* Nazım Sangaré (born 1994), footballer
*Paul Dawkins (1957-2019), basketball player
*Murat Salar (born 1976), footballer, manager of SV Arminia Hannover
*Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 1995), footballer
* Erol Erdal Alkan
* Muhaymin Mustafa
*Kerim Frei (born 1993), footballer
*Zeki Amdouni (born 2000), footballer
Literature
* Mustafa Olpak (1953–2016), writer and activist
* Tarık Dursun K. (Kakınç), writer
* Mine Söğüt, writer and columnist
Politics
*Ayse Bircan (born 1954), activist and writer
Military
* Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883–1969), Aviation Squadrons (Ottoman Empire), Ottoman aviator
* Black Musa (1880–1919), volunteer soldier at Special Organization (Ottoman Empire), Special Organization
''Afro-Turk''
Website of the Afro-Turks' association in Ayvalık *
''Sessiz Bir Geçmişten Sesler''
Website of a research project on Afro-Turks *
''Today's Zaman'', 25 June 2008 *
article published on 27 August 2012 about the Calf Fest, the Afro-Der Association and recent developments. *
Qantara by Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere, 27.08.2012 *
Turkey's little-known African community, BBC, 07-09-2016 {{Immigration to Turkey African diaspora in Turkey, People of African descent, Turks Ethnic groups in Turkey Turkish people of African descent, African diaspora in the Middle East
Turkish people
The Turkish people, or simply the Turks ( tr, Türkler), are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic ...
of Sub-Saharan Africa, African Zanj (Bantu peoples, Bantu) descent, who trace their origin to the Slavery in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman slave trade like the Abkhazians of African descent, Afro-Abkhazians. Afro-Turk population is estimated to be between 5,000 and 20,000 people. Afro-Turks are different from African immigrants in Turkey, which are around 100,000 individuals.
History
Beginning several centuries ago, a number of Africans, usually via Zanzibar as Zanj and from places such as Niger, Arabia, Libya, Kenya and Sudan, came to the Ottoman Empire settled by the Dalaman, Menderes, İzmir, Menderes and Gediz, Kütahya, Gediz valleys, Manavgat and Çukurova. African quarters of 19th-century İzmir, including Sabırtaşı, Dolapkuyu, Tamaşalık, İkiçeşmelik and Ballıkuyu, are mentioned in contemporary records.
Some came from Crete following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. They settled on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast, mainly around İzmir. Africans in Ayvalık declare that their ancestors from Crete spoke Cretan Greek, Greek when they came to Turkey and learned Turkish later. Afro-Turks living in İzmir celebrated the traditional spring festival ''Dana Bayramı'' ("Calf Festival") until the 1960s. ''Dana Bayramı'' has currently been revived among the younger generation of Afro-Turks.
Ahmet Ali Çelikten, was an Ottoman warpilot during World War I.
Today
Areas with significant populations of Afro-Turks are in Turkey's Aegean Region, Aegean and Marmara Region, especially Istanbul, İzmir Province, İzmir, Aydın Province, Aydın and Muğla Province, Muğla provinces. People of African ancestry also live in some villages and municipalities of Antalya Province, Antalya and Adana Province, Adana provinces. Some of the descendants of the African settlers remain, mixed with the rest of the population in these areas and many migrated to larger cities. Migration and assimilation make it difficult to estimate the number of Afro-Turks., ''Yeni Asır'', 21 November 2008, retrieved 25 January 2009.
Notable Afro-Turks
Arts
* Esmeray (1949–2002), singer
* Tuğçe Güder (born 1984), adopted by Turkish parents, model and actress
* Kuzgun Acar (1928–1976), sculptor
* Mansur Ark, musician
* Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), musician
* Yasemin Esmergül, actress
* Ahmet Kostarika, actor
* Dursune Şirin, actress
* İbrahim Şirin, Ottoman classical music, classical Ottoman musician
* Cenk Sökmen, musician
* Melis Sökmen, actress, musician (Guinean grandmother)
* Sait Sökmen, ballet dancer, choreographer (Guinean mother)
* Sibel Sürel, ballerina
* Ali Tınaz, actor, television presenter
* Tuncay Vural, choreographer
* Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), actress, presenter (African Americans, African American father)
* Mert Güler, academician, yoga instructor, wellness trainer
*Tansel Öngel (born 1976), actor
*Selami Şahin (born 1948), musician, singer, songwriter
Sports
* Fercani Şener, footballer
* Ömer Besim Koşalay (1898–1956), athlete, journalist
* Vahap Özaltay (1908–1965), footballer
* Hadi Türkmen, former vice-president of the Turkish Football Federation
* Sadri Usluoğlu (1908–1987), basketball player and manager
* Mustafa Yıldız, ''known as "Arap Mustafa"'', 1972 and 1981 Kırkpınar champion
* Colin Kazim-Richards
* Nazım Sangaré (born 1994), footballer
*Paul Dawkins (1957-2019), basketball player
*Murat Salar (born 1976), footballer, manager of SV Arminia Hannover
*Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 1995), footballer
* Erol Erdal Alkan
* Muhaymin Mustafa
*Kerim Frei (born 1993), footballer
*Zeki Amdouni (born 2000), footballer
Literature
* Mustafa Olpak (1953–2016), writer and activist
* Tarık Dursun K. (Kakınç), writer
* Mine Söğüt, writer and columnist
Politics
*Ayse Bircan (born 1954), activist and writer
Military
* Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883–1969), Aviation Squadrons (Ottoman Empire), Ottoman aviator
* Black Musa (1880–1919), volunteer soldier at Special Organization (Ottoman Empire), Special Organization
See also
*Black people#Balkans, Black people in the Ottoman Empire *Black people#Turkey, Black people in Turkey *Slavery in the Ottoman Empire *ZanjNotes
External links
*''Afro-Turk''
Website of the Afro-Turks' association in Ayvalık *
''Sessiz Bir Geçmişten Sesler''
Website of a research project on Afro-Turks *
''Today's Zaman'', 25 June 2008 *
article published on 27 August 2012 about the Calf Fest, the Afro-Der Association and recent developments. *
Qantara by Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere, 27.08.2012 *
Turkey's little-known African community, BBC, 07-09-2016 {{Immigration to Turkey African diaspora in Turkey, People of African descent, Turks Ethnic groups in Turkey Turkish people of African descent, African diaspora in the Middle East