Religion in Turkey  |
|---|
| Secularism in Turkey |
| Irreligion in Turkey |
| Islam by country |
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 |
 Islam portal |
| 95–100% | |
| 90–95% | |
| 50–55% | |
| 30–35% | |
| 10–20% | |
| 5–10% | |
| 4–5% | |
| 2–4% | |
| 1–2% | |
| < 1% |
Islam is the most practiced religion in Turkey. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. The established presence of Islam in the region that now constitutes modern Turkey dates back to the later half of the 11th century, when the Seljuks started expanding into eastern Anatolia.[2]
While records count the number of Muslims as 99.8%,[I] this is likely to be an overestimation; most surveys estimate lower numbers at around 94%.[3][4][5][6][7] The most popular school of thought (maddhab) being the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam (about 90% of overall Muslim denominations). The remaining Muslim sects, forming about 9% of the Muslim population,[8] consist of Alevis, Ja'faris (representing 1%[9][10]) and Alawites (with an estimated population of around 500,000 to 1 million, or about 1%[11][12]). There is also a minority of Sufi and non-denominational Muslims.[10][13][14][15]
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- ^ Nişancı, Zübeyir (21 March 2023). Ayşe Betül Aydın; Hatice Nur Keskin (eds.). Faith and Religiosity in Türkiye (PDF). Marmara University. ISBN 978-1-64205-906-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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- ^ "Country – Turkey". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "Optimar'dan din-inanç anketi: Yüzde 89 Allah'ın varlığına ve birliğine inanıyor". T24 (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Turkey: International Religious Freedom Report 2007". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Shi'a". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Pew Forum on Religious & Public life". pewforum.org. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Syria strife tests Turkish Alawites | Turkey | al Jazeera". Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ ÖZKÖK, Ertuğrul (21 May 2019). "Türkiye artık yüzde 99'u müslüman olan ülke değil". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Optimar'dan din-inanç anketi: Yüzde 89 Allah'ın varlığına ve birliğine inanıyor". T24.com.tr. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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