Turks in Finland / Finnish Turks Turkkilaiset Suomessa / Suomen turkkilaiset | |
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Total population | |
12,202 born in Turkey; 12,964 Turkish speakers (2024)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions & Oulu | |
Languages | |
Turkish and Finnish | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions and Irreligion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Turks in Denmark, Turks in Norway, Turks in Sweden |
Turks in Finland or Finnish Turks (Turkish: Finlandiya Türkleri; or Finlandiya'da yaşayan Türkler Finnish: Suomen turkkilaiset) are the ethnic Turkish people. The majority of Finnish 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 Finland from the Balkans, the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.
As of 2024[update], there were 12,202 people born in Turkey living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Turkish citizenship was 8,290. The number of people who spoke Turkish as their mother tongue was 12,964.[1]
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