Turks in Yemen
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10,000–100,000[1] or over 200,000 [2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sana'a | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkish diaspora |
Turks in Yemen (Turkish: Yemen Türkleri), also known as Turkish Yemenis[3] and Yemeni Turks, refers to the ethnic Turks who live in Yemen.
History
[edit]The majority of today's Yemeni Turks are the descendants of the Ottoman Turkish settlers who began to migrate to the region as part of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, which controlled, at least nominally, the region for over 300 years. The Yemen Eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire covered much of modern Yemen.
Demographics
[edit]Today, estimates of the Turkish community in Yemen range from more than 10,000 to 100,000[1] About 6,000 live in Sana'a.[4]
Some 150 kilometres from Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Beyt al-Turki is inhabited by Turkish inhabitants who first moved to the area around 200 years ago. The surname of most of the residents in this village is “Turki.”[3]
Notable people
[edit]- Cahide Sonku, first female film director in Turkey
See also
[edit]
- Demographics of Yemen
- Turkey–Yemen relations
- Turkish diaspora
- Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman Empire
- Yemen Eyalet
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yemen Raporu, Union of NGOs of The Islamic World, 2014, p. 26,
Bu noktadan hareketle, bölgede yaklaşık 10 bin ila 100 bin arasında Türk asıllı vatandaş bulunduğu tahmin edilmektedir.
- ^ Güzel, Hasan Celâl (2016). "Orta Doğuda Türk/Türkmen Varlığı" (PDF). Yeni Turkiye. p. 150. Bunların dışında, Suudî Arabistan’da 150 bin Türk nüfusu, Mısır’da 150 bin civarında Ariş Türkleri, Yemen’de en az 200 bin Türk, Ürdün’de çok sayıda Türk asıllı nüfus yaşamaktadır. Mısır nüfusunun üçte birinin, yani 25 milyon nüfusun Türk asıllı olduğu ileri sürülmektedir.
- ^ a b Turkish Yemenis greet ambassador, Hürriyet Daily News, 2012, retrieved 13 March 2021
- ^ Ayhan 2010, 17.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ayhan, Veysel (2010). "Civil War in Yemen: The Power Struggle, Regional Influences and Relations with Turkey" (PDF). Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. 10 (January 2010). ORSAM.
- Masters, Bruce (2009). "Yemen". In Ágoston, Gábor; Masters, Bruce (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7..
