Turks in Belgium

Turks in Belgium
	Turkish day at the Grand-Place (2006)
Total population
	250,000 to over 500,000 ; (latter including descendants)
Regions with significant populations
	Widespread
Languages
	Turkish; Dutch; French; German; some Rumelian Turkish;
Religion
	Predominantly Sunni Islam; Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions, and Irreligion

Turks in Belgium (Turkish: Belçika'daki Türkler; Dutch: Turkse gemeenschap in België; French: Turcs en Belgique), also referred to as Turkish Belgians or Belgian Turks (Turkish: Belçika Türkleri; Dutch: Turkse Belgen; French: Belgo-Turcs) are people of full or partial Turkish ethnicity living in Belgium. The majority of Belgian 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 Belgium from the Balkans (especially from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.

^ Manço, Altay; Taş, Ertugrul (2019), "Migrations Matrimoniales: Facteurs de Risque en Sante´ Mentale", The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 64 (6), SAGE Publishing: 444, doi:10.1177/0706743718802800, PMC 6591757, PMID 30380909
^ Eskişehir Ticaret Odası Brüksel'e' Çıkarma Yaptı, 2016, retrieved 9 May 2021, Belçika'da yaklaşık 300 bin civarında Türk kökenli vatandaşımız yaşıyor, Emirdağlı vatandaşlarımızın çoğunlukta olması Eskişehir ile Belçika arasındaki ilişkilerin kurulmasında daha kolaylık sağlayacaktır.
^ Solmaz, Mehmet (2018), Minorities in Belgium form party, call for better ties with Turkey, Daily Sabah, retrieved 9 May 2021, Belgium with its more than 300,000 citizens of Turkish descent...
^ Debels, Thierry [in Dutch] (2021), Operatie Rebel: toen de Belgische heroïnehandel in Turkse handen was, PMagazine, archived from the original on 16 August 2021, retrieved 16 August 2021, Volgens diverse bronnen zouden eerst een half miljoen Turken die toen in Belgie verbleven – Belgen van Turkse afkomst en aanverwanten – gescreend zijn.

[1] Manço, Altay; Taş, Ertugrul (2019), "Migrations Matrimoniales: Facteurs de Risque en Sante´ Mentale", The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 64 (6), SAGE Publishing: 444, doi:10.1177/0706743718802800, PMC 6591757, PMID 30380909

[2] Eskişehir Ticaret Odası Brüksel'e' Çıkarma Yaptı, 2016, retrieved 9 May 2021, Belçika'da yaklaşık 300 bin civarında Türk kökenli vatandaşımız yaşıyor, Emirdağlı vatandaşlarımızın çoğunlukta olması Eskişehir ile Belçika arasındaki ilişkilerin kurulmasında daha kolaylık sağlayacaktır.

[3] Solmaz, Mehmet (2018), Minorities in Belgium form party, call for better ties with Turkey, Daily Sabah, retrieved 9 May 2021, Belgium with its more than 300,000 citizens of Turkish descent...

[Debels2021-4] Debels, Thierry [in Dutch] (2021), Operatie Rebel: toen de Belgische heroïnehandel in Turkse handen was, PMagazine, archived from the original on 16 August 2021, retrieved 16 August 2021, Volgens diverse bronnen zouden eerst een half miljoen Turken die toen in Belgie verbleven – Belgen van Turkse afkomst en aanverwanten – gescreend zijn.

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Total population
Turkish day at the Grand-Place (2006)
250,000 to over 500,000^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] (latter including descendants)
Regions with significant populations
Widespread
Languages
Turkish Dutch French German some Rumelian Turkish
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions, and Irreligion