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The largest non-Sunni Muslim group, accounting 10-20% of Turkey's population, [19] are the Alevis; a third of all Alevis in the country live in Istanbul. [17] Mystic movements, like Sufism , were officially banned after the establishment of the Turkish Republic, but they still boast numerous followers. [ 20 ]
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul.. The urban landscape of Istanbul is shaped by many communities. The most populous major religion is Islam.The first mosque in Istanbul was built in Kadıköy (ancient Chalcedon) on the Asian side of the city, which was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1353, a full century before the conquest of Constantinople across the Bosphorus, on the European side.
The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey, [3] and is the most populous city in Europe [c] and the world's sixteenth-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium in the 7th century BCE by Greek settlers from Megara . [ 9 ]
5.2 Religion in Istanbul. ... Population of Istanbul: 14,804,116; ... The international name Constantinople remains in use until Turkey adapts the Latin alphabet ...
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and Turkey is a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. [136] Turkey has a democratic government and a strong tradition of secularism. Nevertheless, the Turkish state's interpretation of secularism has reportedly resulted in religious freedom violations for some of its non-Muslim ...
Greek population in Istanbul (1844-1997) and percentage of the total city population Ethno-religious groups in Istanbul (1896-1965). A multicultural city in 1896, with a 50.5% Muslim population, turned into a predominantly Muslim one after 1925. Today most of the remaining Greeks live in Istanbul.
It is estimated that Ja'faris make up 4% of the population of Turkey, i.e. about 3,300,000. [50] They have 70 mosques in Istanbul and some 300 throughout the country and receive no state funding for their mosques and imams as the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) is exclusively Sunni. [51]
The population over the age of 65 is 10.2% (up from 7.1% in 2007). As of 2023, the median age of the Turkish population is 34 years (up from 28.3 in 2007). [6] According to OECD/World Bank population statistics, from 1990 to 2008 the population growth in Turkey was 16 million or 29%. [7]