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  99% of Turkish population comprised of Muslims, majority of them SunnitesOctober 31, 2009 - 15:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According US State Department annual report on religious freedom, 99% of 70,5 million Turkish population are Muslims, majority of them Sunnites. Over 10-20 million are Alevites. "The country is populated by about 500 thousand Shiites, 65 thousand Armenians, belonging to Armenian Gregorian church, 23 thousand Israelites, 15 thousand Christian Jacobites, 5 thousand Yezidis, 3300 Jehovah witnesses, 3000 "other protestants", 3000 orthodox Greeks, as well as Bulgarians, Nestorians, Georgians, Gypsies, Catholics and Maronites who's number is unknown, the report says.  Top stories Ali Khamenei's strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people. The CHP, the MHP and the BDP argue that the amendments to the bylaw are designed to silence the opposition. This has been the first to report the presence of foreign military forces in any of the Syrian uprising's embattled areas. “Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.   |  Related sections Latest news Karen Grigoryan ties game v Pavel Ponkratov at Aeroflot Оpen 3rd round  Meanwhile, Hrant Melkumyan and Vladimir Akopian scored wins over Santosh Vidit (India) and Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) resp.Angelina Jolie added to Oscar presenters line-up The Academy has also added Cameron Diaz and Halle Berry to the lineup of Oscar presenters, which currently stands at 12.Billy Connolly to play dwarf warrior in Peter Jackson’s "The Hobbit" "Lord of the Rings" director is now in production on "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again."Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina tops 19th Century Masterpieces list ¬Over a hundred American and British novelists put together their list of the cream of the crop of literary masterpieces. |
