Israeli Turkmen

Israeli Turkmen
İsrail Türkmenleri
Flag of Israeli Turkmen, also used to represent ethnic Turks in the Levant as a whole
Total population
  • Turkish minority: unknown
  • Turkish citizens only: 22,000 (2007)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Turkish
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Syrian Turkmen, Lebanese Turkmen, Turkish Jews in Israel

The Israeli Turkmen,[2] neutrally referred to as the Turks in Israel are the descendants of ethnic Turkish and other Oghuz Turkic peoples who have had a long-established presence in the region.

Migration of Turkish settlers to the Levant began in the 12th century, and continued throughout the Mamluk and Ottoman rule.[2]

In the early 2000s, Turkish workers from the Republic of Turkey settled in Israel, working predominantly on construction projects.[3]

  1. ^ Council of Europe 2007, 131.
  2. ^ a b Suwaed 2015, 237.
  3. ^ Drori 2009, 9.