Turks in Jordan

Turks in Jordan, also known as Turkish Jordanians or Jordanian Turks and Jordanian Turkmen (Turkish: Ürdün Türkleri), are people of Turkish ancestry living in Jordan. These people have had a thriving presence in Jordan since the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Today, there is a minority of about 60,000 people in the country who are the descendants of the Ottoman-Turkish immigrants.^[1] In addition to this, there are also 8,262 (2009)Turkish citizens who are recent migrants to Jordan.^[2]

Turks in Jordan

Total population
60,000[1] plus 8,262 Turkish citizens (2009)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Amman
Languages
Turkish Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam

Notable people

• Lara Abdallat, winner of Miss Jordan 2010 (Turkish Syrian mother)^[3]
• Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan (maternal Turkish grandfather)^[4]
• Muhanna Al-Dura, painter (Turkish mother)^[5]
• Ahmet Düverioğlu, basketball player (Turkish mother)^[6]
• Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Queen of Jordan (Turkish Cypriot origin)^[7]
• Prince Mired bin Ra'ad, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid
• Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid^[8]
• Mihrimah Sultan, Imperial Princess of Ottoman Empire

See also

• Jordan–Turkey relations
• Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman Empire
• Turks in the Arab world