Turks in Denmark

Turks in Denmark
Total population
  • 75,000 (2015 estimate)[1]
    plus 2,000 Iraqi Turks (2010 estimate by Professor Suphi Saatçi)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Aarhus, Copenhagen, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj
Languages
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Minority Alevism, Christianity, other religions, or irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Turks in Finland,
Turks in Germany,
Turks in Norway,
Turks in Sweden

Turks in Denmark, also referred to as Turkish Danes or Danish Turks (Danish: Tyrkere i Danmark; Turkish: Danimarka Türkleri) refers to ethnic Turkish people living in Denmark. They currently form the largest ethnic minority group in the country; thus, the Turks are the second-largest ethnic group in Denmark, after the ethnic Danish people.[3] The majority of Danish Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however, there has also been significant Turkish migration from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Denmark from the Balkans (e.g. from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.

  1. ^ Türk kadınının derdi Danimarka'da da aynı, Milliyet, 2015, retrieved 7 September 2021, Danimarka'da yaşayan 75 bin Türk nüfusunda,...
  2. ^ Duman, Bilgay (2010), Türkiye'ye Yönelik Türkmen Göçü ve Türkiye'deki Türkmen Varlığı, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, p. 11, ISBN 978-605-5330-64-4, Kerkük Vakfı Genel Sekreteri Prof. Dr. Suphi Saatçi'nin verdiği rakamlara göre, yaklaşık olarak Kanada'da 1000, Danimarka'da 2000, Hollanda'da ise 4000'e yakın Türkmen'in yaşadığı ve Türkiye üzerinden bu ülkelere göç ettiği bilinmektedir..
  3. ^ Liebig 2007, 32.