Black Turks

Religious/conservative Turks celebrate religious holiday "Kurban Bayramı" (Eid al-Adha) in Gölköy in 2005

Black Turks (Turkish: Kara Türkler or Siyah Türkler) is a socioeconomic term used to describe Turks who are a lower or middle income class. They are described as religious and traditional in contrast to the more secularized class of their country.[1]

The contrasting socioeconomic group in Turkey is called the White Turks, who dominate the society's politics; their efforts to restrict the religious lifestyle have led to cultural conflict.[2]

A third class of Turks with characteristics of both classes is known as the Grey Turks.[3]

The term Black Turk was used by 2018 presidential candidate Muharrem İnce to describe himself, claiming that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was no longer a Black Turk.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Sumer, Beyza. White vs. black Turks: the civilising process in Turkey in the 1990s. MS thesis. Middle East Technical University, 2003.
  2. ↑ Demiralp, Seda. "White Turks, Black Turks? Faultlines beyond Islamism versus Secularism." Third World Quarterly 33.3 (2012): 511-524.
  3. ↑ Diaz, Marta Dominguez. "“Are New Sufis “Grey Turks”? Urbanite National Identities and Religious Reconfigurations." Strategic Depth through Soft Power: The Domestic Production and International Projection of Turkish Culture: 23.
  4. ↑ "İnce: Erdoğan Beyaz Türk, ben Türkiye'nin zencisiyim". Cumhuriyet. 2018-06-10. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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