Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

Anatolia (Greek: Aνατολή Αnatolē or Ανατολία Anatolìa) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey, also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor. It means "rising of the sun" or "East", is . In Turkish it is called Anadolu, a derivation of its original Greek version. Because of its strategic location at the intersection of Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been a cradle for several civilizations since prehistoric ages, with Neolithic settlements su ...

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• Anatolia - States of Anatolia
• Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885
• Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

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Based on French census files of 1915 the total population of Asia Minor (not including Eastern Thrace, the vilayets of the orient & the city of Constantinople) was 10,372,411 persons of all nationalities and religions. More specifically the distribution of differerent ethnic groups as per Vilayet and Sanjak is as follows; ...

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Anatolia, Anatolia - States of Anatolia, Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885, Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

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Anatolia has been the center of many great states throughout history. The first known state was built by Hittites. See also:

Anatolia, Anatolia - States of Anatolia, Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885, Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

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Anatolia has been the center of many great states throughout history. The first known state was built by Hittites. See also:

Anatolia, Anatolia - States of Anatolia, Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885, Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

Read more here: » Anatolia: Encyclopedia II - Anatolia - States of Anatolia

After 1885, with the governing reforms of Tanzimat, the control of the Ottoman land in Asia Minor divided into 15 vilayets, one sanjak and one mutersaflik of the vilayet of Constantinople (both being on the asiatic side of the Bosporus). Every vilayet was further divided in a number of sanjaks. More specifically the political division of Asia Minor in 1915 was as follows; Vilayet of Izmir divided in the sanjaks of Manisa, Izmir, Aydin, Denizli, Mentese Independent vilayet of the Dardanelles Vilaye ...

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Anatolia, Anatolia - States of Anatolia, Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885, Anatolia - Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century before the Treaty of Lausanne

Read more here: » Anatolia: Encyclopedia II - Anatolia - Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885