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The Turkis fowk, or the Turks, (Turkis: Türkler), is a naition an an ethnic group primarily livin in Turkey, an in the umwhike launds o the Ottoman Empire whaur Turkis minorities hae been established. The Turkis minorities are the seicont lairgest ethnic groups in Bulgarie an Cyprus. In addeetion, due tae modren migration, a Turkis diaspora haes been established, pairticularly in Wastren Europe (see Turks in Europe), whaur lairge commonties hae been formit in Austrick, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands an the Unitit Kinrick. Thare significant Turkis commonties livin in Australie, the umwhile Soviet Union an North Americae.
Tot population | |
---|---|
c. 63–69 million[a] | |
Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
Turkey 55,589,988- 59,560,701 (2008 est. o 2015 pop.)[1] Northren Cyprus 280,000 d[›][2][3] Tap immigrant destinations | |
Germany | 2,714,000–2,800,000 (includin Turkis Kurds)f[›]b[›][4][5][6][7] |
Fraunce | 500,000[8] |
Unitit Kinrick | 500,000a[›][9][10][11] |
Netherlands | 396,414e[›]–500,000c[›][12][13][14][15] |
Austrick | 350,000–500,000[16][17] |
Belgium | 200,000[18][19][20] |
United States | 196,222-500,000 b[›][21][22][23][24] |
Swaden | 100,000-150,000[25][26] |
Switzerland | 70,440 e[›][27] |
Australie | 66,919-150,000 b[›][28][29][30][31] |
Denmark | 28,892 f[›]b[›][32] |
Canadae | 24,910 b[›][33] |
Italy | 22,580 e[›][34] |
Israel | 22,000[35] minority or immigrant commonties in the Middle East |
Iraq | 500,000-600,000[36][37]l[›] |
Sirie | 100,000[38] |
Saudi Arabie | 150,000–200,000 b[›][39][40] |
Jordan | 60,000[39] |
Lebanon | 50,000–80,000[41][42] |
Libie | 50,000 b[›][39] minorities in the Balkans |
Bulgarie | 588,318–800,000[43][44][45] |
North Macedonie | 77,959[46][47][48][49] |
Greece | 49,000 (official estimate)–80,000 g[›][50][51] |
Romanie | 27,700[52][53][54] |
Kosovo | 18,738[55] minorities in the umwhile USSR states |
Roushie | 109,883–150,000[56][57] |
Kazakhstan | 104,792–150,000 h[›][58][59] |
Kyrgyzstan | 40,953-50,000 h[›][60][59][61] |
Azerbaijan | 38,000–110,000 h[›][62][59][63][64] |
Uzbekistan | 15,000–20,000[65][66][67] |
Ukraine | 8,844[68] |
Leids | |
Turkis | |
Releegion | |
Predominantly Islam[69][70][71][72] (Sunni · Alevi · Bektashi · Twaler Shia · Ja'fari · nandenominational) Minority irreleegious[69][73] Christianity[74][75][76] | |
a. ^ The total figur is merely a estimation; sum o aw the referencit populations. |
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