Turkis Cypriots
| Kıbrıslı Türkler | |
|---|---|
1st row: Fazıl Küçük · Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha · Kaytazzade Mehmet Nazım · Alparslan Türkeş
2nt row: Ziynet Sali · Fatih Terim · Hussein Chalayan · Leon Osman 3rd row: Tracey Emin · Rauf Denktaş · Işın Karaca · Meral Hussein-Ece |
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| Tot population | |
| est. 1,100,000 (see an aw Turkis Cypriot diaspora) |
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| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Northren Cyprus |
150,000-200,000a[1][2] |
 Turkey |
500,000[3][4] |
 Unitit Kinrick |
300,000-400,000[4][5][6][7][8] |
 Australie |
40,000-120,000[3][4][7][9][10] |
 Unitit States |
5,000-10,000[4][11] |
 Cyprus |
2,000[12] |
 Germany |
2,000[4] |
 Canadae |
1,800[4] |
 New Zealand |
1,600[4] |
 Italy |
1,000[4] |
 Fraunce |
800[4] |
| Leids | |
| Cypriot Turkis | |
| Releegion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Relatit ethnic groups | |
| Turkic fowks | |
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a This figur does no include Turkis settlers frae Turkey. |
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Turkis Cypriots (Turkis: Kıbrıs Türkleri or Kıbrıslı Türkler; Greek: Τουρκοκύπριοι) are ethnic Turks livin in, or oreeginatin frae, Cyprus. Follaein the Ottoman conquest o the island in 1571, aboot 30,000 Turkis sodgers wur gien laund ance they settled in Cyprus,[13][14] Addeetionally, mony o the islanders convertit tae Islam durin the early years o Ottoman rule.[15] Nanetheless, the influx o mainly Muslim settlers tae Cyprus continued intermittently till the end o the Ottoman period.[16] The fact that Turkis wis the main leid spoken bi the Muslims o the island is a significant indicator that the majority o thaim wur either Turkis-speakin Anatolies or itherwise frae a Turkic backgrund[17] which bequeathed a significant Turkish community, today's Turkish Cypriots.
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- ↑ International Crisis Group (2010). "CYPRUS: BRIDGING THE PROPERTY DIVIDE". International Crisis Group. p. 2.
- ↑ CIA The World Factbook. "Cyprus". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Briefing Notes on the Cyprus Issue". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Star Kıbrıs. "'Sözünüzü Tutun'". Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ Home Affairs Committee (2011). "Implications for the Justice and Home Affairs area of the accession of Turkey to the European Union" (PDF). The Stationery Office. p. Ev 34.
- ↑ BBC. "Network Radio BBC Week 39: Wednesday 28 September 2011: Turkish Delight?". Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Akben, Gözde (11 February 2010). "OLMALI MI, OLMAMALI MI?". Star Kibris. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ↑ Cemal, Akay (2 June 2011). "Dıştaki gençlerin askerlik sorunu çözülmedikçe…". Kıbrıs Gazetesi. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Kibris Gazetesi. "Avustralya'daki Kıbrıslı Türkler ve Temsilcilik...". Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ↑ BRT. "AVUSTURALYA’DA KIBRS TÜRKÜNÜN SESİ". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ↑ Every Culture. "Cypriot Americans". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ Hatay 2007, 40.
- ↑ Welin & Ekelund 2004, 2.
- ↑ Hüssein 2007, 14.
- ↑ Jennings 1993, 137-38.
- ↑ Çevikel 2000, 178.
- ↑ Nevzat & Hatay 2009, 912.
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