page_title: Turks in North Macedonia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Turks in North Macedonia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic view of Bitola (today Republic of Macedonia) in 19th century. Watercolor.
context_page_description: Turks in North Macedonia, also known as Macedonian Turks, are the ethnic Turks who constitute the third largest ethnic group in the Republic of North Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, there were 77,959 Turks living in the country, forming a minority of some 3.8% of the population. The community form a majority in Centar Župa and Plasnica.
  The Turkish community claim higher numbers than the census shows, somewhere between 170,000 and 200,000. There are additionally roughly 100,000 Torbeš and some of them still maintain a strong affiliation to Turkish identity.
caption: Bitola in the 19th century
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