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The population of Arabs in Turkey varies according to different sources. A 1995 American estimate put the numbers between 800,000 and 1 million. [2] According to Ethnologue, in 1992 there were 500,000 people with Arabic as their mother tongue in Turkey. [35] Another Turkish study estimated the Arab population to be between 1.1 and 2.4%. [36]
A map of the Arab world. This is based on the standard territorial definition of the Arab world which comprises the states and territories of the Arab League.. The Turks in the Arab world (Arabic: الأتراك في الوطن العربي; Turkish: Arap coğrafyasındaki Türkler) refers to ethnic Turkish people who live in the Arab world.
The Ottoman Empire was a multi-cultural polity, spanning the Middle East and North Africa and large parts of Eastern Europe.By the early 20th century, most high government positions were held by Rumelian and European elites, except for the Emirate of Hejaz under Ottoman rule, although Arabs did maintain positions of power and many territories retained local autonomy.
Pages in category "Turkish Arab people" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Yasin Aktay;
Pages in category "Turkish people of Arab descent" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Turks have had a presence in the western Arabian peninsula for hundreds of years, culminating in the Ottoman conquest of the Hejaz in 1517. After the Great Arab Revolt and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish minority remained in the newly founded Saudi Kingdom.
The Turkish people are scattered throughout the former Ottoman Empire. Today they form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. There are also significant Turkish minorities in Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Arab world. The Turkish population refers to the number of ethnic Turkish people in the world.
In this nationalist vision of Turkish identity, language was supreme, and religion was relegated to a subordinate role. Arabs responded by asserting the superiority of Arabic language, describing Turkish as a "mongrel" language that had borrowed heavily from the Persian and Arabic languages. Through the policy of Turkification, the Young Turk ...