The Serbs in Turkey are Turkish citizens of Serbian descent or

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

-born people who reside in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

History

During the age of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

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

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

and

Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

for reasons ranging from economic to forceful relocation. On 28 August 1521, the

Belgrade Fortress The Belgrade Fortress ( sr-Cyrl, Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of th ...

was captured by

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...

, 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. Many

Janissaries A janissary (, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with firearms, adopted du ...

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 were born as Serbs.

Notable people

* Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1456 to 1466, and 1472 to 1474 *

Gedik Ahmed Pasha Gedik Ahmed Pasha (; died 18 November 1482) was an Ottoman statesman and admiral who served as Grand Vizier and Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy) during the reigns of sultans Mehmed II and Bayezid II. Very little was known abo ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1474 to 1477 * Deli Husrev Pasha, 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 Ottoman Bosnian origin. He served as go ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1501 to 1503 and 1506 to 1511 * Lala Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier in 1580 * Semiz Ali Pasha, 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, Ottoman Grand Vizier during 1606 * Nevesinli Salih Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1645 to 1647 * Kara Musa Pasha, 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, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1792 to 1794 * Ivaz Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1739 to 1740 * Yavuz Ali Pasha, Ottoman Governor of Egypt from 1601 to 1603 * Meylişah Hatun, Consort to

Sultan Sultan (; ', ) 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 came to be use ...

Osman II Osman II ( ''‘Osmān-i sānī''; ; 3 November 1604 – 20 May 1622), also known as Osman the Young (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 26 February 1618 until his regicide on 20 May 1622. Early life Osman II was born at Topkapı Pa ...

* George Berovich, Governor-General of

Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...

and

Prince of Samos The Principality of Samos (, ; ; ) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire from 1834 to 1912. The island of Samos had participated in the Greek War of Independence since 1821 and successfully resisted several Turkish and Egyptian a ...

. * Omar Pasha (; 1806–1871), general, convert *

Mara Branković Mara Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Мара Бранковић; – 14 September 1487), or Mara Despina Hatun, in Europe also known as ''Amerissa'', ''Sultana Maria'' or ''Sultanina'', was the daughter of Despotate of Serbia, Serbian monarch Đurađ Br ...

, wife of

Murad II Murad II (, ; June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1421 to 1444 and from 1446 to 1451. Early life Murad was born in June 1404 to Mehmed I, while the identity of his mother is disputed according to v ...

, very influential in imperial affairs, ambassador to Venice * Osman Aga of Temesvar (1670–1725), Ottoman commander * Şehsuvar Sultan * Aşub Sultan *

Skenderbeg Crnojević Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Ser ...

* George Berovich * Aganlija * Kučuk-Alija * Sali Aga * Sinan-paša Sijerčić, Ottoman Bosnian general. Bosnian Serb origin. * Malkoçoğlu family, one of four leading ''akinci'' families. Serbian origin. * Yasin Hacıoğlu, Turkish entrepreneur * Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish television personality, socialite, presenter, model * Celal Şengör, Turkish geologist. His paternal grandmother was a Serb. * Nevzat Tandoğan, Turkish bureaucrat. His mother was born in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, Serbia.

References

{{Serbian diaspora European diaspora in Turkey

History

Notable people

See also

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