Turkey is home to many ethnic and religious minorities, but the Afro-Turks – numbering tens of thousands – is largely invisible.

2017年10月26日 · The Afro-Turks: Turkey’s Little-known Black Minority Reclaims Its Past. Descendants of African slaves sold to the Ottoman Empire, Afro-Turks seek to revive their …

Two examples of 20th century Afro-Turks who have had notable careers and firsts are listed here. Ahmet Ali Çelikten, whose mother was enslaved in Bornu (Nigeria) and brought to Istanbul, …

The Afro-Turks represent a cross-cultural encounter and an emergent history. The modern-day descendants of enslaved peoples in the 19th century, the Afro-Turks hail from the global …

2024年11月15日 · The answer is Ahmet Ali Çelikten, an Afro-Turk who fought for the Ottoman Empire in World War I in 1914. This historical figure, which should have been more known in …

2024年9月5日 · African presence in Türkiye dates back to the Ottoman Empire, where, in the 19th century, Africans were brought to Anatolia primarily from Zanzibar. These people, many of …

2016年9月17日 · A legacy of the Ottoman Empire and of the African slave trade, Afro-Turks, as they are called, have lost their language and have a renewed interest in discovering who they …

2017年11月4日 · Despite well known people like Esmeray and Ahmet Ali Çelikten little is known about this black minority and its history - Afro Turks. When Barack Obama visited Turkey in …

2022年4月25日 · It attempts to evaluate the available resources about the Afro-Turks in the modern Turk state of Turkey and asks: When, how and from where did African people come to …

2012年8月27日 · The Afro-Turks, whose ancestors came to the Ottoman Empire as slaves in the nineteenth century, are still struggling for recognition. Now, though, their desire to assimilate …