Turks in Belgium
Turks in Belgium (Turkish: Belçika'daki Türkler; Dutch: Turkse gemeenschap in België; French: Turcs en Belgique), also referred to as Turkish Belgians or Belgian Turks (Turkish: Belçika Türkleri; Dutch: Turkse Belgen; French: Belgo-Turcs) are people of full or partial Turkish ethnicity living in Belgium. The majority of Belgian Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however, there has also been significant Turkish migration from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Belgium from the Balkans (especially from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.
Turkish day at the Grand-Place (2006) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 250,000 to over 500,000 (latter including descendants) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Widespread | |
| Languages | |
|
some Rumelian Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions, and Irreligion |
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