Arabs in Turkey

Turkish Arabs
Türkiye Arapları
عرب تركيا
Total population
1,500,000 – 2,000,000 (2011)[1][2]
(Pre-Syrian Civil War Arab minority)
4,000,000 – 5,000,000 (2017)[3][4][5][6][7][8] (Including Syrian refugees)
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Southeastern Anatolia Region
Languages
Arabic • Turkish[9]
Religion
Predominately Sunni Islam, minority Christianity, minority Alawite
Related ethnic groups
Arab diaspora

Arabs in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Arapları; Arabic: عرب تركيا) are about 1.5 or 5 million (including the Syrian refugees)[10][11][12][6] citizens or residents of Turkey who are ethnically of Arab descent. They are the third-largest minority in the country after the Kurds[13][14][15] and the Circassians[16][17][18][19][20] and are concentrated in a few provinces in Southeastern Anatolia. In addition to this native group, millions of Arab Syrian refugees have sought refuge in Turkey since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011.[21]

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  13. ^ How many Kurds live in Turkey? by Tarhan Erdem, Hurriyet Daily News, April 26, 2013
  14. ^ "The CIA World Factbook: Turkey (19% of a total population of 80.2 million (2017) gives a figure of about 15.25 million)". Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  15. ^ The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate.
  16. ^ Circassia, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, archived from the original on 2010-11-29.
  17. ^ Ülkü Bilgin: Azınlık hakları ve Türkiye. Kitap Yayınevi, Istanbul 2007; S. 85. ISBN 975-6051-80-9 (Turkish Language)
  18. ^ Richmond, Walter (2013). The Circassian Genocide. Rutgers University Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0813560694.
  19. ^ Danver, Steven L. (2015). Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. p. 528. ISBN 978-1317464006.
  20. ^ Zhemukhov, Sufian (2008). "Circassian World Responses to the New Challenges" (PDF). PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 54: 2. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Total Persons of Concern by Country of Asylum". data2. UNHCR. Retrieved 24 September 2018.