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The number of residents of Istanbul originating from seven northern and eastern provinces is greater than the populations of their entire respective provinces; Sivas and Kastamonu each account for more than half a million residents of Istanbul. [14] Istanbul's foreign population, by comparison, was very small, 42,228 residents in 2007. [16]
Istanbul was the 2010 European Capital of Culture. The city has surpassed London and Dubai to become the most visited city in the world, with more than 20 million foreign visitors in 2023. [14] In 2024, Euromonitor International ranked Istanbul as the second most visited city in the world, welcoming 23 million visitors. [15]
As of December 31, 1994, an estimated 20,000 Bosniaks were living in Turkey, mostly in the Istanbul area. About 2,600 were living in camps, the rest were dispersed in private residences. More recent estimates put the number of Bosniaks in Turkey at 3 to 5 million.
Life expectancy in Turkey according to the UN [19] Period Life expectancy in Years Period Life expectancy in Years 1950–1955 41.01 1985–1990 63.04 1955–1960 43.69 1990–1995 65.49 1960–1965 47.22 1995–2000 68.49 1965–1970 50.78 2000–2005 71.37 1970–1975 53.75 2005–2010 73.37 1975–1980 57.05 2010–2015 74.83 1980–1985 60.22
There are a number of community organisations and set-ups, such as the Professional American Women of Istanbul (PAWI), a network of American and Canadian women living in Istanbul and The Professional and Fabulous (PAF) group, which is a breakaway from the former and also mostly made up of expatriate women of U.S. and Canadian origin living in ...
At its height in 2019, Turkey attracted around 51 million foreign tourists, [3] [4] The total number fluctuated between around 41 million in 2015, and around 30 million in 2016. [5] [6] However, recovery began in 2017, with the number of foreign visitors increasing to 37.9 million, and in 2018 to 46.1 million visitors. [7] [8] [9]
Iraqi Kurds fleeing to Turkey in April 1991, during the Gulf War. Immigration to Turkey has historical roots in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.Beginning in the late 18th century until the end of the 20th century, an estimated 10 million Ottoman Muslim citizens, the Muhacir and their descendants born after the onset of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire emigrated to Thrace and ...
The culture of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Kültürü) has its basis in the city that has been the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. However, when the Turkish Republic turned its focus away from Istanbul and toward Ankara , the city's cultural scene throughout the mid-20th century lay relatively stagnant, seeing limited success on ...