Turks in the Middle East
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Turks in the Middle East refers to ethnic Turks who live in the Middle East
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(1299-1923), Turkish settlers began to move into the Ottoman territories in Europe as part of the Turkish expansion, because these Turkish communities migrated to these countries during the Ottoman rule, they are not considered part of the modern Turkish diaspora
. However, these populations, which have different nationalities, still share the same ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious origins as today's Turkish nationals.
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
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Ottoman migration
During the rule of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
(1299-1923), Turkish settlers began to move into the Ottoman territories in Europe as part of the Turkish expansion, because these Turkish communities migrated to these countries during the Ottoman rule, they are not considered part of the modern Turkish diaspora
Turkish diaspora
The Turkish diaspora refers to "Turks" who have emigrated from their homeland. Thus, the term may refer to citizens of Turkey living abroad or ethnic Turks from traditional areas of Turkish settlement who are living abroad.Due to the...
. However, these populations, which have different nationalities, still share the same ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious origins as today's Turkish nationals.
Modern migration
The modern migration to the areas of the Middle East is very limited mainly small number of workers working in construction projects in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon and some other countries in the area.Traditional definition of the Middle East
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| Anatolia Anatolia Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey... : |
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 Turkey |
est 58,000,000 | Turkish people Turkish people Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania... |
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| Arabian Peninsula Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2... : |
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 Bahrain |
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 Kuwait |
3,262 | Turks in Kuwait Turks in Kuwait Turks in Kuwait are either Turkish people who live in Kuwait even though having been born outside Kuwait, or are Kuwait-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.... |
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 Oman |
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 Qatar |
7,000 | Turks in Qatar Turks in Qatar Turks in Qatar form one of the country's smaller minority groups. When Turkish labour migration to Germany subsided in the mid-1970s, Turkish migrants began to migrate to Arab oil countries, especially Libya, Saudi Arabia and Iraq as well as Qatar. The Turkish government supported labour migration... |
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 Saudi Arabia |
200,000 | Turks in Saudi Arabia Turks in Saudi Arabia Turks in Saudi Arabia are either Turkish people who live in Saudi Arabia even though having been born outside Saudi Arabia, or are Saudi Arabian-born, but have Turkish roots... |
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 United Arab Emirates |
5,500 | Turks in the United Arab Emirates | |||||||||
 Yemen |
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| Fertile Crescent Fertile Crescent The Fertile Crescent, nicknamed "The Cradle of Civilization" for the fact the first civilizations started there, is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia. The term was first used by University of Chicago... : |
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 Iraq |
500,0000-3,000,000 | Turks in Iraq Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmen are an ethnic group who mainly reside in northern Iraq. Estimates of their numbers vary dramatically, in accordance with Iraq's assimilation policies no realistic and independent census results have been revealed regarding the Iraqi Turkmen population... |
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 Israel |
30,000 | Turks in Israel Turks in Israel Turks in Israel are either Turkish people who live in Israel even though having been born outside Israel, or are Israeli-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora... |
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 Jordan |
2,500 | Turks in Jordan Turks in Jordan Turks in Jordan are either Turkish people who live in Jordan even though having been born outside Jordan, or are Jordan-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora. The Turkish culture... |
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 Lebanon |
30,000 | Turks in Lebanon Turks in Lebanon Turks in Lebanon refers to the Turkish community which lives in Lebanon. The majority live in Beirut and Tripoli.-Modern migration:In 1950, thousands of Turks left the Turkish city of Mardin and headed for Lebanon because of the economic crises and unemployment in Turkey... |
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 Palestinian territories |
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 Syria |
750,000-1,500,000 | Turks in Syria Syrian Turkmen Syrian Turks are Syrian citizens of Turkish descent, who have been living in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution and continue to live in the modern country of Syria... |
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| Iranian Plateau Iranian plateau The Iranian plateau, or Iranic plateau, is a geological formation in Southwest Asia. It is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Persian... : |
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 Iran |
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| Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant... : |
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 Cyprus  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
2,000 260,000 |
Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots are the ethnic Turks and members of the Turkish-speaking ethnolinguistic community of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The term is used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, whose Ottoman Turkish forbears colonised the island in 1571... |
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| North Africa North Africa North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and... : |
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 Egypt |
40,000 | Turks in Egypt Turks in Egypt Turks in Egypt, also referred to as Turco-Egyptians, are people of Turkish ancestry who have had a thriving presence in Egypt since the Ottoman period up to today.... |
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Greater Middle East
| Country | Total Turkish population Turkish population -Traditional areas of Turkish settlement:-Other countries:- Bibliography :... | Further information | Lists of Turks | ||||||||
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 Armenia |
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 Azerbaijan |
110,000 | Turks in Azerbaijan Turks in Azerbaijan Turks in Azerbaijan are Turkish people who live in Azerbaijan. According to the 1999 Azerbaijani population census, there were 43,400 Turks living in Azerbaijan... |
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 Georgia (country) |
2,500 | Meskhetian Turks | |||||||||
| South Asia South Asia South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east... : |
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 Afghanistan |
4,500 | Turks in Afghanistan Turks in Afghanistan Turks in Afghanistan are Turkish people who live in Afghanistan. The majority are recent arrivals and are involved in construction companies.-See also:*Afghanistan–Turkey relations*Armenians in Afghanistan*Indians in Afghanistan*Pakistanis in Afghanistan... |
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 Pakistan |
11,500 | Turks in Pakistan Turks in Pakistan Turks 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... |
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| Central Asia Central Asia Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north... : |
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 Kazakhstan |
150,000 | Turks in Kazakhstan Turks in Kazakhstan -Ottoman migration:The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union in 1926 recorded 8,570 Ottoman Turks living in the Soviet Union. The Ottoman Turks are no longer listed separately in the census, it is presumed that those who were living in Kazakhstan have either been assimilated into Kazakh... |
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 Uzbekistan |
15,000-20,000 | Turks in Uzbekistan Turks in Uzbekistan -Ottoman migration:The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union in 1926 recorded 8,570 Ottoman Turks living in the Soviet Union. The Ottoman Turks are no longer listed separately in the census, it is presumed that those who were living in Uzbekistan have either been assimilated into Uzbek society... |
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 Turkmenistan |
7,000 | Turks in Turkmenistan Turks in Turkmenistan Turks in Turkmenistan are either Turkish people who live in Turkmenistan even though having been born outside Turkmenistan, or are Turkmenistan-born, but have Turkish roots... |
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 Tajikistan |
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 Kyrgyzstan |
70,000 | Turks in Kyrgyzstan Turks in Kyrgyzstan - History :The majority of Turks were deported from south-western Georgia to Central Asia in 1944, where they were employed largely in the agricultural sector in grain and livestock production... |
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| North Africa North Africa North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and... : |
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 Algeria |
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 Mauritania |
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 Western Sahara |
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 Libya |
80,000 | Turks in Libya Turks in Libya Turks in Libya are either Turkish people who live in Libya even though having been born outside Libya, or are Libyan-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.- History :Turkish... |
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 Morocco |
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 Sudan |
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 Tunisia |
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| Northeast Africa Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent... : |
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 Djibouti |
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 Eritrea |
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 Somalia |
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