Turkey

Progress Scale: Superficially Reached  Population: 37,000  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Slav, Eastern  People Name Across Countries: Russian  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Russian in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 35,000  Affinity Bloc: Persian-Median  People Cluster: Domari  People Name Across Countries: Romani, Domari  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Romani, Domari in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 5,100  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Greek  People Name Across Countries: Pontic  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Pontic Greek in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 693,000  Affinity Bloc: Persian-Median  People Cluster: Persian  People Name Across Countries: Persian  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Persian in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Superficially Reached  Population: 46,000  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Slav, Southern  People Name Across Countries: Macedonian  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Macedonian in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 104,000  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Caucasus  People Name Across Countries: Laz, Lazuri  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Laz, Lazuri in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 6,376,000  Affinity Bloc: Persian-Median  People Cluster: Kurd  People Name Across Countries: Kurd, Turkish-speaking  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Kurd, Turkish-speaking in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 1,600  Affinity Bloc: Turkic Peoples  People Cluster: Altaic  People Name Across Countries: Kumyk  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Kumyk in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 75,000  Affinity Bloc: Turkic Peoples  People Cluster: Kazakh  People Name Across Countries: Karakalpak  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 2   For more information go to Karakalpak in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 1,191,000  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Caucasus  People Name Across Countries: Kabardian  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Kabardian in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 13,000  Affinity Bloc: Jews  People Cluster: Jews  People Name Across Countries: Jew, Spanish  Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions  Number Languages Spoken: 2   For more information go to Jew, Spanish in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Turkey is a key gateway between Asia and Europe, but is the door opening or closing? The answer is complex but worth diving in and exploring. Take some time to go in-depth into Turkey’s demographics, relationship with Christianity and current Evangelical Church. For more information go to Is Turkey, Gateway to Asia, Opening or Closing? on the Mission Nexus website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Superficially Reached  Population: 1,300  Affinity Bloc: Arab World  People Cluster: Assyrian / Aramaic  People Name Across Countries: Hertevin  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Hertevin in Turkey on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.