Pakistanis in Turkey
Encyclopedia
There is a small community of Pakistanis in Turkey, consisting mainly of expatriates and students. There are many Pakistani students studying in Turkish university and colleges. There are also large number of long-term and short-term economic migrants from Pakistan
in Turkey
that have travelled through Iran
, who often intend to cross into the European Union
. Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
notably spent his childhood in Turkey, whose father worked as a diplomat there. Pakistan has a permanent embassy in Ankara and a consulate general in Istanbul, which aim to serve the interests of the community throughout the country.
In 2008, approximately 359 Pakistanis were deported from Turkey back to Pakistan on claims of fake documents to enter Europe.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
that have travelled through Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, who often intend to cross into the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
notably spent his childhood in Turkey, whose father worked as a diplomat there. Pakistan has a permanent embassy in Ankara and a consulate general in Istanbul, which aim to serve the interests of the community throughout the country.
In 2008, approximately 359 Pakistanis were deported from Turkey back to Pakistan on claims of fake documents to enter Europe.
Notable people
- Atif BashirAtif BashirAtif Bashir Qureshi is a German Turkish-Pakistani footballer, who plays for Barry Town in the Welsh Football League First Division and at international level for the Pakistan national team.-Early career:...
- German-born Pakistani footballer of Turkish origin - Mahmud A. AsrarMahmud A. AsrarMahmud Anjum Asrar is a Turkish-born comic book artist of Pakistani and Austrian ethnicity, who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books....
- Turkish-born Pakistani-Austrian comics artist - Abdur Rehman PeshawriAbdur Rehman PeshawriAbdur Rehman Peshawari was a diplomat who served as Turkey's ambassador to Afghanistan during Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's reign.- Early life :Abdur Rehman was born in Peshawar, India in the 1880/90’s. He belonged to a prominent family from Peshawar and was the son of Haji Ghulam Samdani.- Dr...
- Pervez MusharrafPervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
See also
- Pakistan–Turkey relations
- Turks in PakistanTurks in PakistanTurks in Pakistan are expatriates from Turkey and their descendants, consisting of students, military personnel, academics and people married with Pakistani citizens.- Notable people:* Hassan Ali Effendi, founder of the Sindh Madrasatul Islam...
- UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, the national language of Pakistan, developed under Persian and Turkic influence. - Afghans in TurkeyAfghans in TurkeyAfghans in Turkey literally number in the thousands and are overwhelmingly made up of recent illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.-History:...