Africans in Turkey

People with African heritage celebrating the Calf Festival (Turkish: Dana Bayramı) in İzmir.

Africans in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Afrikalılar), are people of Sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or residents of Turkey. They are comprised of immigrant and refugee communities mostly from Western, Central and Eastern Africa. African immigrants are distinct to Afro-Turks, which number around 20,000. As of 2017, there are 1.5 million Africans living across Turkey, with 1 in 4 residing in Istanbul.[1][2]

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