Turks in Ukraine

Turks in Ukraine
Total population
9,180 (2001 census)[a][1]
15,000 Meskhetian Turks (2018 estimate)[2]
plus 20,000 Turkish nationals (pre-2022 Russian invasion)[3]
Regions with significant populations
 Kherson Oblast3,736
 Donetsk Oblast1,791
 Crimea969
 Mykolaiv Oblast758
Languages
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Minority Alevism, Other religions and Irreligious

^ a: In the 2001 Ukrainian census 8,844 people were recorded as "Turks" and 336 were recorded as "Meskhetian Turks".[1]

Turks in Ukraine (Turkish: Ukrayna'daki Türkler) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Ukraine. The first Turkish settlement started during the Ottoman rule of Ukraine. In addition, there has been modern migration to the country largely formed of Meskhetian Turks, followed by immigrants from Turkey and Turkish communities from other post-Ottoman territories, such as Turkish Cypriots from Northern Cyprus.[4]

  1. ^ a b State Statistics Service of Ukraine. "Ukrainian Census (2001):The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue". Archived from the original on 2004-11-24. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  2. ^ Karcı, Durmuş (2018), "The Effects of Language Characters and Identity of Meskhetian Turkish in Kazakhstan", The Journal of Kesit Academy, 4 (13): 301–303
  3. ^ "Nearly 9,000 Turks evacuated from Ukraine: FM". Hürriyet Daily News. 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Announcement for Our Citizens in Ukraine". Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.