Turks in the Middle East
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Turks in the Middle East refers to ethnic Turks who live in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

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Ottoman migration

During the rule of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 (1299-1923), Turkish settlers began to move into the Ottoman territories in Europe as part of the Turkish expansion, because these Turkish communities migrated to these countries during the Ottoman rule, they are not considered part of the modern Turkish diaspora
Turkish diaspora
The Turkish diaspora refers to "Turks" who have emigrated from their homeland. Thus, the term may refer to citizens of Turkey living abroad or ethnic Turks from traditional areas of Turkish settlement who are living abroad.Due to the...

. However, these populations, which have different nationalities, still share the same ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious origins as today's Turkish nationals.

Modern migration

The modern migration to the areas of the Middle East is very limited mainly small number of workers working in construction projects in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon and some other countries in the area.

Traditional definition of the Middle East

Country  Total Turkish population
Turkish population
-Traditional areas of Turkish settlement:-Other countries:- Bibliography :...

 
Further information Lists of Turks
Anatolia
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

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 Turkey est 58,000,000 Turkish people
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 
List of Turkish people
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2...

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 Bahrain
 Kuwait 3,262 Turks in Kuwait
Turks in Kuwait
Turks in Kuwait are either Turkish people who live in Kuwait even though having been born outside Kuwait, or are Kuwait-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora....

 
 Oman
 Qatar 7,000 Turks in Qatar
Turks in Qatar
Turks in Qatar form one of the country's smaller minority groups. When Turkish labour migration to Germany subsided in the mid-1970s, Turkish migrants began to migrate to Arab oil countries, especially Libya, Saudi Arabia and Iraq as well as Qatar. The Turkish government supported labour migration...

 
 Saudi Arabia 200,000 Turks in Saudi Arabia
Turks in Saudi Arabia
Turks in Saudi Arabia are either Turkish people who live in Saudi Arabia even though having been born outside Saudi Arabia, or are Saudi Arabian-born, but have Turkish roots...

 
 United Arab Emirates 5,500 Turks in the United Arab Emirates 
 Yemen
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent, nicknamed "The Cradle of Civilization" for the fact the first civilizations started there, is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia. The term was first used by University of Chicago...

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 Iraq 500,0000-3,000,000 Turks in Iraq
Iraqi Turkmen
The Iraqi Turkmen are an ethnic group who mainly reside in northern Iraq. Estimates of their numbers vary dramatically, in accordance with Iraq's assimilation policies no realistic and independent census results have been revealed regarding the Iraqi Turkmen population...

 
 Israel 30,000 Turks in Israel
Turks in Israel
Turks in Israel are either Turkish people who live in Israel even though having been born outside Israel, or are Israeli-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora...

 
 Jordan 2,500 Turks in Jordan
Turks in Jordan
Turks in Jordan are either Turkish people who live in Jordan even though having been born outside Jordan, or are Jordan-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora. The Turkish culture...

 
 Lebanon 30,000 Turks in Lebanon
Turks in Lebanon
Turks in Lebanon refers to the Turkish community which lives in Lebanon. The majority live in Beirut and Tripoli.-Modern migration:In 1950, thousands of Turks left the Turkish city of Mardin and headed for Lebanon because of the economic crises and unemployment in Turkey...

 Palestinian territories
 Syria 750,000-1,500,000 Turks in Syria
Syrian Turkmen
Syrian Turks are Syrian citizens of Turkish descent, who have been living in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution and continue to live in the modern country of Syria...

 
Iranian Plateau
Iranian plateau
The Iranian plateau, or Iranic plateau, is a geological formation in Southwest Asia. It is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Persian...

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 Iran
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

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 Cyprus
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
2,000
260,000
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots are the ethnic Turks and members of the Turkish-speaking ethnolinguistic community of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The term is used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, whose Ottoman Turkish forbears colonised the island in 1571...

 
List of Cypriots
North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

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 Egypt 40,000 Turks in Egypt
Turks in Egypt
Turks in Egypt, also referred to as Turco-Egyptians, are people of Turkish ancestry who have had a thriving presence in Egypt since the Ottoman period up to today....

 
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Greater Middle East

Country  Total Turkish population
Turkish population
-Traditional areas of Turkish settlement:-Other countries:- Bibliography :...

 
Further information Lists of Turks
Caucacus:
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan 110,000 Turks in Azerbaijan
Turks in Azerbaijan
Turks in Azerbaijan are Turkish people who live in Azerbaijan. According to the 1999 Azerbaijani population census, there were 43,400 Turks living in Azerbaijan...

 
 Georgia (country) 2,500 Meskhetian Turks 
South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

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 Afghanistan 4,500 Turks in Afghanistan
Turks in Afghanistan
Turks in Afghanistan are Turkish people who live in Afghanistan. The majority are recent arrivals and are involved in construction companies.-See also:*Afghanistan–Turkey relations*Armenians in Afghanistan*Indians in Afghanistan*Pakistanis in Afghanistan...

 
 Pakistan 11,500 Turks in Pakistan
Turks in Pakistan
Turks in Pakistan are expatriates from Turkey and their descendants, consisting of students, military personnel, academics and people married with Pakistani citizens.- Notable people:* Hassan Ali Effendi, founder of the Sindh Madrasatul Islam...

 
Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

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 Kazakhstan 150,000 Turks in Kazakhstan
Turks in Kazakhstan
-Ottoman migration:The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union in 1926 recorded 8,570 Ottoman Turks living in the Soviet Union. The Ottoman Turks are no longer listed separately in the census, it is presumed that those who were living in Kazakhstan have either been assimilated into Kazakh...

 
 Uzbekistan 15,000-20,000 Turks in Uzbekistan
Turks in Uzbekistan
-Ottoman migration:The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union in 1926 recorded 8,570 Ottoman Turks living in the Soviet Union. The Ottoman Turks are no longer listed separately in the census, it is presumed that those who were living in Uzbekistan have either been assimilated into Uzbek society...

 
 Turkmenistan 7,000 Turks in Turkmenistan
Turks in Turkmenistan
Turks in Turkmenistan are either Turkish people who live in Turkmenistan even though having been born outside Turkmenistan, or are Turkmenistan-born, but have Turkish roots...

 
 Tajikistan 400
 Kyrgyzstan 70,000 Turks in Kyrgyzstan
Turks in Kyrgyzstan
- History :The majority of Turks were deported from south-western Georgia to Central Asia in 1944, where they were employed largely in the agricultural sector in grain and livestock production...

 
North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

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 Algeria
 Mauritania
 Western Sahara
 Libya 80,000 Turks in Libya
Turks in Libya
Turks in Libya are either Turkish people who live in Libya even though having been born outside Libya, or are Libyan-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.- History :Turkish...

 
 Morocco
 Sudan
 Tunisia
Northeast Africa
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent...

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 Djibouti
 Eritrea
 Somalia
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