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Karaite,are they Jews or Turkish people?

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    Posted: 28-Sep-2006 at 09:52
i have a question on karaite or karaim in russia ,ukraine and lithuania ,are they related to jews or turkish people  ,where are they from ,thank you .
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Ethnicaly Turkish, religiously Jewish.
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Originally posted by erkut

Ethnicaly Turkish, religiously Jewish.
 
And very few in number.  There are probably less than 10,000 people who maintain a religous / cultural identity as Karaites in the world.
 
50% are in Russia, The Baltic Countries and Poland.  Most of the rest are probably in Israel .


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IM KARAY FROM ISRAEL  AND YES WE ARE TURKS ETHNICLY AND JEWS IN RELIGION I HAPPY TO HELP IN INFORMATIONSmile
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