The make up a majority in the provinces of , , , , , , , , , , , , and ; a near majority in 47% ; and a large minority in 20%.
According to the 2012—2013 , the top university in Turkey is , followed by and , and.
It is a charter member of the , an early member of , the , and the , and a founding member of the , , , , and.
The words tasvir or nakış were used to define the art of miniature painting in Ottoman Turkish.