Turkish Australians

Turkish Australians (Turkish: Türk Avustralyalılar) or Australian Turks (Turkish: Avustralyalı Türkler) are Australians who have emigrated from Turkey or who have Turkish ancestral origins.

Turkish Australians
Avustralya'daki Türkler
Son of Turkish Gallipoli veteran at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
Total population
  • 59,402 (2006 census)
    38,568(2021 census) (born in Turkey)
    150,000 Turkish Australians (1994 estimate by The Age)
    300,000 Turkish Australians (2003 estimate by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad)
    300,000 Turkish Australians in Melbourne alone (2013 estimate by Louise Asher)

    Total Turkish Australian population: over 320,000, including:

    Turkish Australians from Turkey: 200,000 (2017 estimate by TRT World)

    Turkish Australians from Cyprus: 120,000 (2016 estimate by Dr Vahdettin et al.)

    plus smaller Turkish Australians communities from Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Iraq and Syria
Regions with significant populations
Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong
Languages
Turkish (including the Cypriot Turkish dialect) and Australian English
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions and Irreligious
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Turkish people
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Traditional Areas of Turkish Settlement

Turkish majorities:

  • Turkish minorities in the Balkans:
  • Turkish minorities in the Caucasus:
  • Turkish minorities in the Levant:
  • Turkish minorities in North Africa:
  • Other Turkish minorities:


  • Turkish diasporas in the Americas:
  • Turkish diasporas in Central Asia:
  • Turkish diasporas in Oceania:
  • Other Turkish diasporas:
History
Culture
Languages
Religion

Turks first began to immigrate to Australia from the island of Cyprus for work in the 1940s, and then again when Turkish Cypriots were forced to leave their homes during the Cyprus conflict between 1963 and 1974. Furthermore, many Turkish immigrants arrived in Australia after a bilateral agreement was signed between Turkey and Australia in 1967. Recently, smaller groups of Turks have begun to immigrate to Australia from Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq and North Macedonia. There were also many Australians in Turkey during World War I (Gallipoli/ANZAC).

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