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 Share of Syrians under Temporary Protection by province (as of September 5, 2024) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 3.4 million Registered refugees in Temporary Protection Status: 3,086,775 People with a residence permit: 74,786 (as of August 2024)[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Syrian population in descending order: Istanbul, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Hatay, Adana, Mersin, Bursa, İzmir, Konya, Ankara, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Kayseri, and Kilis | |
| Languages | |
| Syrian Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Syriac | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam, minorities of Shia Islam (Isma'ilism, Nusayris), Christians (Syriac Christianity, Eastern Catholic Churches) and Mandaeans. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Kurds, Syrian Turkmen, Armenians, Assyrians |
Syrians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Suriyeliler; Arabic: السوريون في تركيا, romanized: al-Sūriyyūn fī Turkiyā), includes Turkish citizens of Syrian origin, Syrian refugees, and other Syrian citizens resident in Turkey. As of October 2024, there are more than 3 million registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Turkey, which hosts the biggest refugee population in the whole world.[4][5] In addition, about 75,000 Syrian nationals reside in Turkey with a residence permit.[6] Apart from Syrian refugees under temporary protection and Syrian citizens with a residence permit; 238,768 Syrian nationals acquired Turkish citizenship as of August 2024.[7]
Syrians are generally concentrated in the border provinces and major cities in Turkey, and only 1.3% of them live in refugee camps.[8] Istanbul, the most populous city in Turkey, hosts the highest number of Syrian refugees, with more than 500,000 registered people.[9]
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