Arabs in Turkey
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| Total population |
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| 500,000[1] - 1,600,000[2] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Adana, Batman, Bitlis, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Mardin, Mersin, Muş, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak |
| Languages |
| Religion |
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Mainly Islam (Sunnis and Alawites) |
| Related ethnic groups |
Arabs comprise the third largest ethnic group in Turkey.[4] (Arabic: العرب في تركيا, Turkish: Türkiye Arapları) are a Semitic people.
Arabs in Turkey are mostly Muslims living along the southeastern border with Syria and Iraq in the provinces such as Batman, Bitlis, Gaziantep, Hatay, Mardin, Muş, Siirt, Şırnak and Şanlıurfa. The Arabs in eastern part of the border consist of many Bedouin tribes in addition to other Arabs who settled there before Turkic tribes came to Anatolia from Central Asia in the 11th century. Many of these Arabs have blood ties to Arabs of living in Syria, especially in the city of Ar Raqqah. The Arab society in Turkey is well integrated into the Turkish population. The majority of Arabic people who live in Turkey don't have knowledge of Arabic, especially the new generation.
The Treaty of Lausanne ceded to Turkey large areas that belonged to Ottoman Syria, especially within Aleppo Vilayet.[5] Those areas were mostly inhabited by Arabs, who felt isolated within the new border.
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Number of Turkish Arabs
An American source from 1995 estimates the number to be between 800,000 and 1 million.[6] Some other estimates put the percentage of Arabs in Turkey at less than 2%[7] and their numbers, at about 1.6 million.[2] According to a study based on a large survey in 2006, 0.7% of the total population in Turkey are ethnically Arab, roughly 500 thousand people among 73 millions.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "toplumsal yapı araştırması 2006". KONDA Research and Consultancy. 2006. pp. 15-16. http://www.konda.com.tr/tr/raporlar/2006_09_KONDA_Toplumsal_Yapi.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2012. (Turkish)
- ^ a b The Joshua Project: Ethnic People Groups of Turkey
- ^ Christen in der islamischen Welt – Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ 26/2008)
- ^ People and Society in Turkey. Accessed on 9 May 2012
- ^ Translation of the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). The original text was in French.
- ^ Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Turkey: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995.
- ^ People and Society in Turkey. Accessed on 9 May 2012
- ^ "toplumsal yapı araştırması 2006". KONDA Research and Consultancy. 2006. pp. 15-16. http://www.konda.com.tr/tr/raporlar/2006_09_KONDA_Toplumsal_Yapi.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2012. (Turkish)
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