Turkish diaspora

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The term Turkish diaspora refers to the estimated population of Turkish people in the world migrated outside of Turkey. Note that this differs from the Turkic peoples living mostly in Northern and Central Asia, who are distinct ethnic groups, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family.[1]

[edit] Turkish diaspora

Rank Country Capital Number of ethnic Turks Date of reference More information, remarks
- Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ankara 70,000,000[2]–57,680,000[3][4] 2007 Turkish people
Note: Turkey's total population: 73,000,000 (2005)[4]
1 Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Berlin 2,180,000[5][6] – 2,637,000 [7] 2003 – 2006 Turks in Germany
2 Image:Flag of France.svg France Paris 370,000[7] 2003 Turks in France
3 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Amsterdam 368,600[8] 2007 Turks in the Netherlands
4 Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Vienna 200,000[7] 2003 Turks in Austria
5 Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan
Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 		Tashkent
Dushanbe
Astana
Bishkek 		197,000[9] 1979 Meskhetian Turks
6 Image:Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Nicosia 150,000[10] – 177,000[9] 1995 - 2002 Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot diaspora
7 Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Washington, D.C. 164,945[11] 2005 Turkish American
8 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Brussels 110.000[7] 2003 Turks in Belgium
9 Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Moscow 92,415[12] 2002 Turks in Russia
10 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Berne 90,000[7] 2003
11 Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia Skopje 77,959[13] - 200,000[9] 2002 Turks in Macedonia
12 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London 70,000[7] – 100,000[14] 2003 Turks in the United Kingdom
13 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia Canberra 54,595[15] 2001 Turks in Australia
14 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Copenhagen 53,000[7] 2003 Turks in Denmark
15 Image:Flag of the United Nations.svg Kosovo (Serbia) Priština 50,000[16] [17] 1999 (est.) Turks in Kosovo
16 Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Athens 45,000[10] – 48,380[9] according to Greece; 120,000 according to Turkey 2002, Muslim minority of Greece (Greece officially excludes Muslim Pomaks and Roma)
17 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm 37,000[7] 2003 Turks in Sweden
18 Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Bucharest 28,714[9] – 32,596[18] 2002 Turks of Romania
19 Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Ottawa 24,910[19] 2001
20 Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Baku 18,000[20] 1991
22 Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran Tehran 15,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Iranian Azeris, Iranian Turkmen, and Qashqai
23 Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Oslo 14,084[21] 2006 Turks in Norway
24 Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad 12,000 – 20,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Iraqi Turkmen
25 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Rome 11,077[22] 2004
26 Image:Flag of Syria.svg Syria Damascus 10,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Syrian Turkmen
27 Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tokyo 1,194[23] 2006 Turks in Japan
28 Image:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Vaduz 884[citation needed]
29 Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Zagreb 300[citation needed]
30 Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Ljubljana 259[citation needed]
Total (high) 5,957,260 63,637,260 (including Turkey)
Total (low) 5,102,630 60,586,630 (including Turkey)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  2. ^ Milliyet (2007-03-22). Güncel: 55 milyon kişi 'etnik olarak' Türk ("Highlight: 55 million people of Turkish ethnicity") (HTML) (Turkish). Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  3. ^ The World Factbook (HTML). United States Central Intelligence Agency (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  4. ^ a b World Bank (2005). Data and Statistics for Turkey (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office of Germany (2006-03-28). Zahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nahezu unverändert (The number of foreigners in Germany almost unchanged) (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
  6. ^ Rath, Christian. "Viele Türken nicht mehr Deutsche (Many Turks no more German citizens)" (HTML), Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 2005-02-08, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Center for Studies on Turkey, University of Essen (2003). The European Turks: Gross Domestic Product, Working Population, Entrepreneurs and Household Data (PDF). Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. “Table 4: Turkish Population and Naturalised Turks in the EU, 2002, on page 8”
  8. ^ Statistics Netherlands (2007). CBS StatLine. Population by origin and generation; Origin: Turkey (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  9. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Ethnologue_report_for_Turkish
  10. ^ a b Katzner, Kenneth (March 2002). Languages of the World, Third Edition. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.. ISBN 978-0415250047. 
  11. ^ United States Census Bureau (2005). 2005 American Community Survey, Population Group: Turkish (434) (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
  12. ^ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Centre for Russian Studies (2002). Ethnic Groups in Russia (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  13. ^ State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia (May 2005). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  14. ^ Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in London (2007). Turks in Britain (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
  15. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004-12-05). 2001 Census, 2054.0 Australian Census Analytic Program: Australians' Ancestries (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  16. ^ Rozen, Laura. "Beginner's guide to the Balkans" (HTML), Salon.com News, 1999-03-31, pp. 2. Retrieved on 2006-01-07. 
  17. ^ Goltz, Thomas. "Minority Within a Minority - For Ethnic Turks, Serbian War is Another Chapter in a 600 Year Old Story" (HTML), Pacific News Service, 1999-05-20. Retrieved on 2006-01-07. 
  18. ^ National Institute of Statistics of Romania (March 2002). Census of Population and Dwellings, March 18 - 27, 2002 (DOC). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  19. ^ Statistics Canada (2001-05-15). 2001 Census, Topic-based Tabulations, Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  20. ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Report for Azerbaijan (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
  21. ^ Statistics Norway (2006-05-18). Immigrant population and persons with other immigrant background, by country background and sex. 1 January 2006 (Corrected 18 May 2006) (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  22. ^ Istat - Italian National Institute of Statistics (2004-12-31). Foreigner Citizens. Demographic Balance for the year 2004 and Resident Population on 31st December (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  23. ^ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (June 2006). Japan-Turkey Relations (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
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