Turkish Australians

Turkish Australians
*Avustralya'daki Türkler*
	Son of Turkish Gallipoli veteran at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
Total population
	59,402 (2006 census) ; 38,568(2021 census) (born in Turkey) ; 150,000 Turkish Australians (1994 estimate by The Age) ; 300,000 Turkish Australians (2003 estimate by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad) ; 300,000 Turkish Australians in Melbourne alone (2013 estimate by Louise Asher) ; ; Total Turkish Australian population: over 320,000, including: ; ; Turkish Australians from Turkey: 200,000 (2017 estimate by TRT World) ; ; Turkish Australians from Cyprus: 120,000 (2016 estimate by Dr Vahdettin et al.) ; ; plus smaller Turkish Australians communities from Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Iraq and Syria;
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).

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics. "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics. "People in Australia who were born in Turkey". Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Gallipoli Turkish Premiere to Aid Peninsula Restoration". The Age. 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 14 November 2020. There are now about 150,000 Turkish-Australians.
^ "Erdoğan Malezya'yı örnek alıp IMF ile ilişkileri kesecek". 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2020. Muhammed'in, Avustralya'da 300 bin Türk yaşadığını ve bu insanların Türkiye'ye giderken Malezya güzergahını kullanabileceklerini söylediği belirtildi.
^ "Avustralya'dan THY'ye çağrı var". Milliyet. 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2020. Asher, Türkiye'ye geniş bir Avusturalyalı heyetle geldiklerini, İstanbul'u 60 Avusturalyalı şirketle ziyaret ettiklerini ve birçok açıdan Türkiye'nin dinamik ekonomisini çok etkileyici bulduklarını anlattı. Melbourne'de yaklaşık 300 bin Türk'ün yaşadığını...
^ Lennie, Soraya (2017). "Turkish diaspora in Australia vote in referendum". TRT World. p. 28. Retrieved 14 November 2020. An estimated 200,000 Turks live in Australia with most of them based in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
^ Vahdettin, Levent; Aksoy, Seçil; Öz, Ulaş; Orhan, Kaan (2016), Three-dimensional cephalometric norms of Turkish Cypriots using CBCT images reconstructed from a volumetric rendering program in vivo, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Recent estimates suggest that there are now 500,000 Turkish Cypriots living in Turkey, 300,000 in the United Kingdom, 120,000 in Australia, 5000 in the United States, 2000 in Germany, 1800 in Canada, and 1600 in New Zealand with a smaller community in South Africa.

[Ancestry2006census-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics. "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia". Retrieved 13 July 2011.

[Birthplace2021census-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics. "People in Australia who were born in Turkey". Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[TheAge-3] "Gallipoli Turkish Premiere to Aid Peninsula Restoration". The Age. 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 14 November 2020. There are now about 150,000 Turkish-Australians.

[4] "Erdoğan Malezya'yı örnek alıp IMF ile ilişkileri kesecek". 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2020. Muhammed'in, Avustralya'da 300 bin Türk yaşadığını ve bu insanların Türkiye'ye giderken Malezya güzergahını kullanabileceklerini söylediği belirtildi.

[Milliyet-5] "Avustralya'dan THY'ye çağrı var". Milliyet. 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2020. Asher, Türkiye'ye geniş bir Avusturalyalı heyetle geldiklerini, İstanbul'u 60 Avusturalyalı şirketle ziyaret ettiklerini ve birçok açıdan Türkiye'nin dinamik ekonomisini çok etkileyici bulduklarını anlattı. Melbourne'de yaklaşık 300 bin Türk'ün yaşadığını...

[Lennie-6] Lennie, Soraya (2017). "Turkish diaspora in Australia vote in referendum". TRT World. p. 28. Retrieved 14 November 2020. An estimated 200,000 Turks live in Australia with most of them based in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

[Vahdettinetal-7] Vahdettin, Levent; Aksoy, Seçil; Öz, Ulaş; Orhan, Kaan (2016), Three-dimensional cephalometric norms of Turkish Cypriots using CBCT images reconstructed from a volumetric rendering program in vivo, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Recent estimates suggest that there are now 500,000 Turkish Cypriots living in Turkey, 300,000 in the United Kingdom, 120,000 in Australia, 5000 in the United States, 2000 in Germany, 1800 in Canada, and 1600 in New Zealand with a smaller community in South Africa.

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Total population
Son of Turkish Gallipoli veteran at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
59,402 (2006 census)^[1] 38,568(2021 census) (born in Turkey) ^[2] 150,000 Turkish Australians (1994 estimate by The Age^[3]) 300,000 Turkish Australians (2003 estimate by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad^[4]) 300,000 Turkish Australians in Melbourne alone (2013 estimate by Louise Asher^[5]) Total Turkish Australian population: over 320,000, including: Turkish Australians from Turkey: 200,000 (2017 estimate by TRT World^[6]) Turkish Australians from Cyprus: 120,000 (2016 estimate by Dr Vahdettin et al.^[7]) plus smaller Turkish Australians communities from Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Iraq and Syria
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