Turkish population

Turkey said on Thursday that it supports the legitimate demands of the Turks in North Macedonia for a just and transparent census, following claims by a local ethnic Turkish association that the number of Turks recorded in the recent census is unrealistically low.

Some $1 billion was sent through the new Turkish payment system Uluslararası Para Transferi (UPT) in 2020, UPT General Manager Hakan Özat has said.

The Turkish minority in Greece is pushing for the inclusion of Turkish lessons in the curriculums of state kindergartens in regions where many Turkish Muslims live, they said in a joint statement on May 7.

As the Greek Education Ministry plans to start English-language activities in kindergartens next year, the Turkish minority asked the government to also offer Turkish lessons.

When Cyprus intercommunal talks started in 1968, the target of Turkish Cypriots in the process was to negotiate "local autonomy."

Only 19 percent of Turks are in favor of the U.S., while 73 percent dislike the country, a survey conducted by the PEW Research Center has revealed. The survey, which was conducted in 2013 and announced recently, also showed that of all countries, Turks like their own the most.