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Some factual errors: Hatay currently has a Turkish-majority population, the figure % 4 is highly doubtful, most Arabs in Turkey are Sunnis. For example the wife of Prime Minister Erdoğan is a Sunni Arab from Siirt. Both Sunni and Alawi Arabs live in Hatay. The schism between these populations are obvious. Sunni Arabs have a significantly high rate of illiteracy and other indicators of social impoverishment. Arab population in Gaziantep is negligible and Arabs form the majority in these districts in Siirt, Şanlıurfa, and Mardin: Siirt, Aydınlar; Akçakale, Harran; Mardin, Savur, Yeşilli. All three of these provinces have overall Kurdish majorities. There are also groups of Sunni Arabs in Adana and Mersin. For example, some Sunni Arabs in Çukurova are descendants of refugees from present-day Libya who left for Anatolia following the Italo-Turkish War in 1912. Behemoth 08:39, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

You're right, we shouldn't rely on the LOC exclusively. Their data are flawed; but if we're citing them, we have to cite them accurately. The way out of the situation is to find other sources that do correct the LOC story and corroborate what you're saying above... Q·L·1968 ☿ 15:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree with some of that. Most Arabs in Turkey are Sunnis, but they are now in some sense Turkish too. Some of them don't speak Arabic anymore. Many of them live in Adana and Mersin. It is important to notice that many Arabs in Hatay are Sunnies and they have voted to be part of Turkey. Yet, that does not make them Turks. --Truthpedia 20:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Behemoth; prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Laz which means Muslim Pontic Greek. 14:03, 04 March 2007 (UTC)

He was talking about his wife. Khoikhoi 03:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think Laz are Pontic Greeks, but anyway he might be Pontic Greek, but as far as I know, he is of Georgian descent. deniz 05:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

According to Laz people#Terminology, The general Turkish public use the name "Laz" for all inhabitants of Black Sea provinces to the east of Samsun. Khoikhoi 06:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey people are you dumb?? Laz people arent Greeks nor Georgians. Its like to say Jews are Araps.Hahaa Laz is LAz,Pontic greek is greek , and georgian is georgian.Dont speak about anything what you dont know.Espacially You Khoikoi!!!

-Laz language belongs to the South Caucasian languages (also known as Kartvelian) are spoken primarily in Georgia