Israeli Turkmen

In the early 2000s, Turkish workers from the Republic of Turkey settled in Israel, working predominantly on construction projects.^[2]

Israeli Turkmen

İsrail Türkmenleri
Community flag
Total population
22,000 (2007)[1]
Languages
Turkish
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Syrian Turkmen, Lebanese Turkmen, Turkish Jews in Israel

Regarding people of ethnic Turkish who lived in Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, see Turks in Palestine.

Diaspora

During and after the 1947–1949 Palestine war, some Turkmen fled the region and settled in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.^[3]

During the British mandate of Palestine, the Turk tribes like Bani-Saidan and Bani Alaqama lived mostly in the Jezreel Valley region; and, up until the Israeli conquest in 1967, Turkmen tribes lived in the Golan Heights.^[4]

See also

• Israel portal
• Turkey portal

• Arkadaş Association
• Circassians in Israel
• History of the Jews in Turkey
• Israel–Turkey relations
• Turkish Jews in Israel
• Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman Empire
• Turks in Palestine

References

1. Council of Europe 2007, 131.
2. Drori 2009, 9.
3. Suwaed 2015, 121.
4. Suwaed 2015, 237.

Bibliography

• Council of Europe (2007), Parliamentary Assembly: Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22–26 January 2007, Council of Europe, ISBN 978-92-871-6191-8.
• Drori, Israel (2009), Foreign Workers in Israel: Global Perspectives, SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-7689-5.
• Suwaed, Muhammad (2015), "Turkmen, Israeli", Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-1442254510.