Editing Multiculturalism (section)

=== Turkey ===
{{Main|Immigration to Turkey}}
[[Turkey]] is a country [[Geography of Turkey|that straddles both Europe and Asia]]. It is home to several ethnic groups including [[Turkish people|Turkish]], [[Arabs in Turkey|Arab]], [[Armenians in Turkey|Armenian]], [[Assyrians in Turkey|Assyrian]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[Kurds in Turkey|Kurdish]], and [[History of the Jews in Turkey|Jewish]]. There are cultural influences dating back to [[Ancient Greece|ancient Hellenic]], [[Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples|Semitic]] and [[History of Iran|Iranian civilizations]] which diffused and mingled in myriad ways over a period of centuries.<ref name="auto2">{{cite journal |last1=Rauf |first1=Imam Feisal Abdul |title=MULTICULTURALISMS: Western, Muslim and Future |journal=CrossCurrents |date=2005 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=100–105 |jstor=24461190 }}</ref>

In recent years there has been an increase of diversity acceptance in Turkey, mainly because there was fear of losing values of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman past]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kaya |first=Ayhan |chapter=Multiculturalism and Minorities in Turkey |date=2013 |title=Challenging Multiculturalism |pages=297–316 |series=European Models of Diversity |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-6457-3 |jstor=10.3366/j.ctt20q22fw.20 }}</ref>