Turkish diaspora - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Turkish diaspora is a term used to describe the communities of Turkish people living outside of Turkey. There is an estimated 90 million Turkish people in total. There are 76 million Turkish people living in Turkey ^[1]^[2] and large Turkish communities which have been established in Europe (particularly in Germany, France, and the Netherlands), as well as North America, and Australia.

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↑ Central Intelligence Agency. "The World Factbook; Turkey". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
↑ Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Turkey: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995. Turks

v t e European diasporas
Central Europe	Czechs Germans Hungarians Poles Kashubians Slovaks Slovenes Swiss
Eastern Europe	Armenians⁵ Azerbaijanis³ Belarusians Georgians³ Moldovans Russians¹ Chechens¹ Ukrainians
Northern Europe	British English Scottish Welsh Cornish Danes Estonians Finns Icelanders Irish Latvian Lithuanians Norwegians Sámi Swedes
Southeast Europe	Albanians Kosovar Bosnians Bulgarians Croats Greeks Greek Cypriots⁵ Macedonians Romanians Serbs Turkish² Turkish Cypriots⁵
Southern Europe	Italians Maltese Portuguese Spaniards Basques Isleño
Western Europe	Belgians Flanders Dutch French Basques
Other Europeans	Ashkenazi Jews/Sephardi Jews⁶ Romani⁷
¹ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ² Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ³ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁴ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁵ Armenia and Cyprus(Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁶ European and Middle Eastern mixed populations. ⁷ European and South Asian mixed populations.