Turkish people
Turkic ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and Northern Cyprus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Turkic peoples.
The Turkish people (Turkish: Türkler), or Turks, are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak different dialects of the Turkish language and live mainly in Turkey and Cyprus. There are Turkish communities in the Balkans as well.
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Türkler | |
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Total population | |
c. 80 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Turkey 60,000,000–65,000,000[1][2] Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 315,000[3] | |
Germany | 3,000,000 to over 7,000,000[4][5][6][7] |
Iraq | 3,000,000–5,000,000[48][49][50] |
United States | 1,000,000–3,000,000[8][9][10][11] |
Syria | 1,000,000–1,700,000g[51][52] |
Libya | 1,000,000–1,400,000h[53][54] |
Netherlands | 500,000 to over 2,000,000[12][13][14][15] |
France | over 1,000,000[16][17][18 |
Bulgaria | 588,318–800,000[62][63][64] |
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