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==Jewish Records== | ==Jewish Records== | ||
*SephardicGen.com: [http://www.sephardicgen.com/turkey_sites.htm Sephardic Resources - Türkiye, Greece, and the Balkans] | *SephardicGen.com: [http://www.sephardicgen.com/turkey_sites.htm Sephardic Resources - Türkiye, Greece, and the Balkans] | ||
*'''1800-1900s''': [http://www.dankazez.com/istanbul/ Istanbul Jewish Genealogy Project] at Dankazez.com; index; contains close to 100,000 genealogical documents, including marriage and burial records | |||
*[https://farhi.org/genealogy/index.html Les Fleurs de l'Orient] - genealogy database of major Sephardic families in the Ottoman Empire and beyond | |||
For more information about how to obtain records for Jewish denominations see [[Jewish Records]]. | For more information about how to obtain records for Jewish denominations see [[Jewish Records]]. | ||
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In other languages: TürkçeAlthough the former Ottoman Empire endorsed Islam as the state religion, Türkiye has been a secular state since 1928, with freedom of religion enshrined in its constitution. The population is 98% Muslim, most of them Turks, while Muslim Kurds constitute about 17% of the total population. Two-thirds of the Muslims in Türkiye belong to the Sunni branch of Islam, with the other third as Shiites. The Kurds are also Sunni Muslims.
Christians now make up less than 2% of the population; these include Greek Orthodox, Armenians (Gregorians,) Armenian Apostolic, Nestorians (Chaldeans), Syrian Uniats, Greek Uniats, Roman Catholics and Protestants. The Jews in Turkey number only some 20,000.
Catholic Records
- For more information about how to obtain records for Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic denominations, visit this page:Türkiye Church Records
Islamic Records
Jewish Records
- SephardicGen.com: Sephardic Resources - Türkiye, Greece, and the Balkans
- 1800-1900s: Istanbul Jewish Genealogy Project at Dankazez.com; index; contains close to 100,000 genealogical documents, including marriage and burial records
- Les Fleurs de l'Orient - genealogy database of major Sephardic families in the Ottoman Empire and beyond
For more information about how to obtain records for Jewish denominations see Jewish Records.
Orthodox Records
- For more information about how to obtain records for Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox denominations, visit this page: Türkiye Church Records
Protestant Records
- For more information about how to obtain records for Protestant denominations, visit this page:Türkiye Church Records
- Main article: Turkey Church Records