Μικρασιάτες | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Historically Asia Minor, present day Greece | |
Languages | |
Modern Greek, English (diaspora) | |
Religion | |
Greek Orthodox Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Greeks, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks |
The Asia Minor Greeks (Greek: Μικρασιάτες, romanized: Mikrasiates), also known as Asiatic Greeks or Anatolian Greeks, make up the ethnic Greek populations who lived in Asia Minor from 1200s BCE as a result of Greek colonization[1] until the forceful population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, though some communities in Asia Minor survive to the present day.
Main article: Cappadocian Greeks |
Cappadocian Greeks also known as Greek Cappadocians (Greek: Έλληνες-Καππαδόκες, Ελληνοκαππαδόκες, Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar)[2] or simply Cappadocians are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia.
Main article: Pontic Greeks |
The Pontic Greeks (Greek: Πόντιοι, romanized: Póndii or Ελληνοπόντιοι, romanized: Ellinopóndii; Turkish: Pontus Rumları or Karadeniz Rumları, Georgian: პონტოელი ბერძნები, romanized: P’ont’oeli Berdznebi) are an ethnically Greek[3][4] group who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus, on the shores of the Black Sea and in the Pontic Mountains of northeastern Anatolia.