The Serbs in Turkey are

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

citizens of

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

descent or

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

-born people who reside in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

History

During the age of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

most of Serbia and the Balkans were under Turkish control, and many Serbs moved to

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

and

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

for reasons ranging from economic to forceful relocation. On 28 August 1521, the Belgrade Fortress was captured by Suleiman the Magnificent, using 250,000 Turkish soldiers and over 100 ships. Subsequently, most of the city was razed to the ground and its entire Orthodox Christian population was deported to

to an area that has since become known as the

Belgrade forest Belgrad Forest ( tr, Belgrad Ormanı) is a mixed deciduous forest lying adjacent to Istanbul, Turkey. It is named after the village next to the forest, settled by thousands of Serbs who were deported to the capital Constantinople from the city of ...

. Many

Janissaries A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ( ...

were of Serbian descent and were taken as children from their homes and educated in Turkey. Some Serbs achieved political prominence and several

Grand Viziers Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first h ...

were born as Serbs.

Notable people

Mahmud Pasha Angelović Mahmud Pasha Angelović ( sr, Махмуд-паша Анђеловић/Mahmud-paša Anđelović; tr, Veli Mahmud Paşa; 1420–1474) was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and again from 1472 to 1474, who also wrote Persian ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1456 to 1466, and 1472 to 1474 * Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1474 to 1477 *

Deli Husrev Pasha Deli Hüsrev Paşa ( sh, Deli Husrev Paša, tr, Deli Hüsrev Paşa, ) (c. 1495 - 1544) was an Ottoman and Bosnian statesman from the Sanjak of Bosnia. His epithet "deli" means "crazy" in Ottoman Turkish, which was ascribed to him because of h ...

, Ottoman statesman and second vizier *

Hadım Ali Pasha Hadım Ali Pasha (Turkish: ''Hadım Ali Paşa''; died July 1511), also known as Atik Ali Pasha (Turkish: ''Atik Ali Paşa''), was an Ottoman statesman and eunuch (''hadım'' means "eunuch" in Turkish) of Bosnian origin. He served as governor of ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1501 to 1503 and 1506 to 1511 * Lala Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier in 1580 *

Semiz Ali Pasha Semiz Ali Pasha ( ota, سيمز علي پاشا, sh, Semiz Ali-Paša ) was an Ottoman statesman from the Sanjak of Bosnia who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1561 to 1565. He was the beylerbey (governor) of Egypt Eyalet from ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1561 to 1565 * Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1565 to 1579 * Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1604 to 1606 *

Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha Derviş Mehmed Pasha ( tr , Derviş Mehmed Paşa; 1569 – 9 December 1606), an Ottoman Bosnian statesman, served briefly as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 21 June 1606 and 9 December 1606. Life Origin He was born an Ort ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier during 1606 *

Nevesinli Salih Pasha Nevesinli Salih Pasha ( sh, Salih-paša Nevesinjac; , died 16 September 1647) was an Ottoman civil servant and grand vizier. Early years Salih Pasha was from Nevesinje, Sanjak of Herzegovina, Bosnia Eyalet, and was sent to Constantinople at ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1645 to 1647 *

Kara Musa Pasha Kara Musa Pasha ("Musa Pasha the Courageous" in Turkish; died 1649)Süreyya, Bey Mehmet, Nuri Akbayar, and Seyit Ali. Kahraman. Sicill-i Osmanî. Beşiktaş, İstanbul: Kültür Bakanlığı Ile Türkiye Ekonomik Ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'n ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier during 1647 * Sarı Süleyman Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1685 to 1687 * Daltaban Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1702 to 1703 *

Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha Damat ( tr, damat, from fa, {{nq, داماد (dâmâd) "bridegroom") was an official Ottoman title describing men that entered the imperial House of Osman by means of marriage, literally becoming the bridegroom to the Ottoman sultan and the d ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1792 to 1794 *

Ivaz Mehmed Pasha Ivaz Mehmed Pasha ("Mehmed Pasha the Replacement"; died 1743), also known as Hacı Ivaz Mehmed Pasha or Hacı Ivazzade Mehmed Pasha, was an 18th-century Ottoman grand vizier and provincial governor.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erk ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1739 to 1740 *

Yavuz Ali Pasha Yavuz Ali Pasha or Malkoç Ali Pasha (died 26 July 1604, Belgrade) was an Ottoman statesman. He belonged to the Malkoçoğlu family and served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 16 October 1603 to 26 July 1604 replacing Yemişçi Ha ...

Ottoman Governor of Egypt The Ottoman Empire's governors of Egypt from 1517 to 1805 were at various times known by different but synonymous titles, among them ''beylerbey'', viceroy, governor, governor-general, or, more generally, '' wāli''. Furthermore, the Ottoman sul ...

from 1601 to 1603 * Meylişah Hatun, Consort to

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

Osman II *

George Berovich George Berovich ( sr, Đorđe Berović, el, Γεώργιος Βέροβιτς, ''Georgios Verovits'', 1845–1897), known as Berovich Pasha ( tr, Beroviç Paşa) was a Christian Ottoman statesman who served as Governor-General (''wāli'') of Cret ...

, Governor-General of

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

and Prince of Samos. * Omar Pasha ( sr, Mihajlo Latas; 1806–1871), general, convert * Mara Branković, wife of Murad II, very influential in imperial affairs, ambassador to Venice *

Osman Aga of Temesvar Osman Ağa of Temeşvar ( tr, Temeşvarlı Osman Ağa; 1670–1725) was an Ottoman army officer and one of the few Turkish-language autobiographers of the era. The former prisoner-of-war wrote mostly about his adventures in Habsburg Austria, an ...

(1670–1725), Ottoman commander * Şehsuvar Sultan * Aşub Sultan *

Skenderbeg Crnojević Staniša "Stanko" Crnojević ( sr-Cyrl, Станиша “Станко“ Црнојевић; 1457–1528) was a member of the Crnojević noble family that held the Lordship of Zeta; Stanko was the heir to Ivan I Crnojević, who ruled from 1465 ...

* Aganlija * Kučuk-Alija * Sali Aga * Sinan-paša Sijerčić, Ottoman Bosnian general. Bosnian Serb origin. *

Malkoçoğlu family The Malkoçoğlu ( tr, Malkoçoğulları, Malkoçoğlu ailesi) or Yahyalı was an Ottoman Serbian noble family whose members led the '' akıncı'' corps of the empire between the 14th–16th centuries. They served mainly in the Balkan conquest of ...

, one of four leading ''akinci'' families. Serbian origin. *

Ivana Sert Ivana Sert (née Smiljković, ; born 25 October 1979) is a Serbian-Turkish television personality, socialite, presenter, model, fashion designer, entrepreneur, businesswoman, beauty pageant titleholder, author, and occasional actress. She is th ...

, Serbian-Turkish television personality, socialite, presenter, model * Celal Şengör, Turkish geologist. His paternal grandmother was a Serb.

References

European diaspora in Turkey

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