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 | | Besides the minorities that have legal status as defined and internationally recognized by the Treaty of Lausanne; namely Greeks, Armenians and Jews; ethnic groups include Abkhazians, Albanians, Arabs, Bosniaks, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Hamshenis, Kabardins, Kurds, Laz, Ossetians, Pomaks, Roma and Zazas. |
 | | While the term "minority" itself remains a sensitive issue in Turkey, it is to be noted that the degree of intermixture between various ethnic groups outside the recognized minorities is high, the following generations generally adding into the melting-pot of the Turkish main body. |
 | | The largest group of non-Turkic ethnicity are the Kurds, a distinct ethnic group concentrated in the southeast. |
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