Bulgarian Turks (,
balgarski turtsi, ) are a
Turkish ethnic group from Bulgaria. As of 2011 there are 588,318 Bulgarians of Turkish descent, roughly 8% of the population, making them the country's largest ethnic minority. They primarily live in the southern province of
Kardzhali and the northeastern provinces of
Shumen,
Silistra,
Razgrad and
Targovishte. There is also a diaspora outside Bulgaria in countries such as Turkey, Austria, Netherlands, and Sweden, the most significant of which are the
Bulgarian Turks in Turkey.