The
Turks in Europe (sometimes called
Euro-Turks) refers to ethnic
Turks living in
Europe. Most Turks live in Turkey, but in the diaspora most of them live in Germany. This includes the traditional
Turkish minorities of Europe and their diasporas (namely the
Balkan Turks,
Meskhetian Turks, and
Turkish Cypriots) and people descending from
Turkey. The Turkish people have had a long history in Europe dating back to the
Ottoman era when they began to migrate to Southeast Europe during the Ottoman conquests (see the
Ottoman territories in Europe) which, other than Turkey, created significant
Turkish communities in
Bulgaria (
Bulgarian Turks),
Bosnia and Herzegovina (
Bosnian Turks),
Cyprus (
Turkish Cypriots),
Georgia (
Meskhetian Turks),
Greece (
Cretan Turks,
Dodecanese Turks, and
Western Thrace Turks),
Kosovo (
Kosovan Turks), the
Republic of Macedonia (
Macedonian Turks), and
Romania (
Romanian Turks).