Turks in Finland

Turks in Finland
Turks in Finland / Finnish Turks
Turkkilaiset Suomessa / Suomen turkkilaiset
Turkey Finland
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, 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]

  1. ^ a b "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-14.

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