page_title: Turks in Libya
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Turks in Libya / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis meets with Libya's Prime Minister Fayez Serraj Nov. 20, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (171130-D-GO396-0100)
context_page_description: The Turks in Libya, also commonly referred to as Libyan Turks, Turco-Libyans, and Turkish-Libyans are the ethnic Turks who live in Libya. According to the last census which allowed citizens to declare their ethnicity, the Turkish minority formed the third largest ethnic group in the country, after the Arabs and Berbers, and they mainly live in Misrata, Tripoli, Zawiya, Benghazi and Derna.
  During Ottoman rule in Libya, Turkish settlers began to migrate to the region from across the empire. A significant number of Turks intermarried with the native population, and the male offspring of these marriages were referred to as Kouloughlis due to their mixed heritage. However, in general, intermarriage was discouraged, in order to preserve the "Turkishness" of the community. Consequently, the terms "Turks" and "Kouloughlis" have traditionally been used to distinguish between those of full and partial Turkish ancestry. The Turkish community has traditionally dominated the political life of Libya.
context_section_description: Salah Badi, commander of the Al-Somood Front
  Fathi Bashagha, heads the Interior Ministry.
  Husni Bey, business tycoon
  Wissam Bin Hamid, commander in the Libya Dawn
  Mukhtar al-Jahawi, commander of the Anti-Terrorism Force
  Abdul Rauf Kara, leader of the Special Deterrence Force
  Ahmed Karamanli, founded the Karamanli dynasty (1711–1835)
  successors:
  Ahmed I (29 July 1711 – 4 November 1745)
  Mehmed Pasha (4 November 1745 – 24 July 1754)
  Ali I Pasha (24 July 1754 – 30 July 1793)
  Ali Burghul Pasha Cezayrli (30 July 1793 – 20 January 1795)
  Ahmed II (20 January – 11 June 1795)
  Yusuf Karamanli (11 June 1795 – 20 August 1832)
  Mehmed Karamanli (1817, 1826, and 1832)
  Mehmed ibn Ali (1824 and 1835)
  Ali II Karamanli (20 August 1832 – 26 May 1835)
  Sadullah Koloğlu, former prime minister of Benghazi and Darnah (from 1949 to 1952)
  Ahmed Maiteeq, served briefly as Libyan Prime Minister in 2014
  Omar Abdullah Meheishy, former Member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
  Shaha Riza
  Muhammad Sakizli, Libyan politician
  Ali al-Sallabi, historian and Islamist
  Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and prime minister of the Government of National Accord
  father: Mostafa al-Sarraj, former minister
  Mohamed Sowan, leader of the Justice and Construction Party
  Abdel Rahman al-Suwayhili, Parliament member and founder of the Union for Homeland
  Ramadan al-Suwayhili, a co-founder of the short-lived Tripolitanian Republic in 1918
  Hassan Tatanaki, businessman
  Hamida al-Unayzi, champion of women's education in Libya
caption: Fayez al-Sarraj is the prime minister of the Government of National Accord.
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