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 Share of Syrians under Temporary Protection by province (as of September 5, 2024) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Officially ~3.4 million Registered refugees in Temporary Protection Status: 3,090,975 (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 September 2024, there are approximately 3,100,000 registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Turkey, which hosts the biggest refugee population in the whole world.[4][5] In addition, about 76,000 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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