Turkish Australians

Turkish Australians
*Avustralya'daki Türkler*
	Son of Turkish Gallipoli veteran at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
Total population
	87,164 (by ancestry, 2021); (0.3% of the Australian population) ; 38,568 (by birth, 2021)
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

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

Turks first began to immigrate to Australia from Northern 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).

^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[1] "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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Total population
Son of Turkish Gallipoli veteran at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
87,164 (by ancestry, 2021)^[1] (0.3% of the Australian population) 38,568 (by birth, 2021)
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