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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Всеобщая история</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8127</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-833X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">24733</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8127-2020-12-3-274-285</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Modern World</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Современный мир</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Ethnic Minority Policy of Turkey</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Политика Турции в отношении этнических меньшинств</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dashyan</surname><given-names>Mariam Ashotovna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дашян</surname><given-names>Мариам Ашотовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">master student, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">магистрант факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики</bio><email>dashyan.mariam@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kudelin</surname><given-names>Andrey A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Куделин</surname><given-names>Андрей Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of the World History of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры всеобщей истории</bio><email>kudelin_aa@rudn.university</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University - Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 12, NO3 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 12, №3 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>274</fpage><lpage>285</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-10-01"><day>01</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Dashyan M.A., Kudelin A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Дашян М.А., Куделин А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Dashyan M.A., Kudelin A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Дашян М.А., Куделин А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/24733">https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/24733</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">This article is an overview of the state stance and attitude towards minorities throughout history of the republic of Turkey. It represents the official approach of the republic towards ethnic and religious groups. Though due to actions of the Ottoman Empire, the number of non-Turks in the republic of Turkey already was incomparably small, however their existence could not be ignored. Still Turkey recognizes only three minorities (Greeks, Armenians, and Jews) and for decades adopted the strategy of regarding all minority persons other than Greeks, Armenians, and Jews as Turks. Ethnic variety was considered a threat to territorial integrity of Turkey. Every action was directed to create a unitary nation-state suppressing ethnic identities of non-Turks. In this article state policy towards ethnic groups in the republic of Turkey is examined from the perspective of the Lausanne Treaty provisions and legislative regulations regarding the status and rights of minorities showing to what extent authorities have followed them and rising the controversial points minority representatives face in exercising their rights.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">В статье рассматривается официальная позиция и отношение государства к этническим меньшинствам на протяжении истории Турецкой республики. Хотя в Турецкой республики численность нетурецких народов существенно сократилась по сравнению с периодом существования Османской империи, однако их существование нельзя было игнорировать. Тем не менее, Турция признавала наличие только трех меньшинств (греков, армян и евреев) и на протяжении своей истории придерживалась стратегии, согласно которой представители других меньшинств считались турками. Этническое разнообразие рассматривалось как угроза территориальной целостности Турции. Все действия были направлены на создание единого национального государства, подавлявшего этническую самобытность нетурецких народов. В статье государственная политика в отношении этнических меньшинств в Турецкой республике рассматривается с точки зрения положений Лозаннского мирного договора 1923 г. и законодательных норм, касающихся статуса и прав меньшинств. В статье показано, в какой степени власти следуют указанным положениям и нормам, а также описаны проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются представители этнических меньшинств при осуществлении своих прав.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Turkey</kwd><kwd>ethnic minorities</kwd><kwd>minority rights</kwd><kwd>state policy</kwd><kwd>nationalism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Турция</kwd><kwd>этнические меньшинства</kwd><kwd>права меньшинств</kwd><kwd>государственная политика</kwd><kwd>национализм</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Wang S., “The People’s Republic of China’s Policy on Minorities and International Approaches to Ethnic Groups: A Comparative Study”, 2004.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Tasch L., “The EU Enlargement Policy and National Majority-Minority Dynamics in Potential European Union Members: The Example of Turkey”, Mediterranean Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 18-46, 2010.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>“Proud to be A Turk”, The Economist, 4 February 2016. 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