Turks in Jordan
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Turks in Jordan
| image = علم تركمان الأردن نسخة الجديدة.jpg
| caption =
| population = {{Plainlist|
- 60,000{{Harvnb|Akar|1993|loc=95}}.
- plus 8,262 Turkish citizens (2009){{cite web|author=Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı|title=YURTDIŞINDAKİ VATANDAŞLARIMIZLA İLGİLİ SAYISAL BİLGİLER (31.12.2009 tarihi itibarıyla)|url=http://www.csgb.gov.tr/csgbPortal/diyih.portal?page=yv&id=1|access-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310234552/http://www.csgb.gov.tr/csgbPortal/diyih.portal?page=yv&id=1|archive-date=2012-03-10}}
}}
| popplace = Amman
| langs = {{hlist| Turkish | Arabic }}
| rels = Sunni Islam
}}
Turks in Jordan, also known as Turkish Jordanians or Jordanian Turks and Jordanian Turkmen ({{langx|tr|Ürdün Türkleri}}), are people of Turkish ancestry living in Jordan. These people have had a thriving presence in Jordan since the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Today, there is a minority of about 60,000 people in the country who are the descendants of the Ottoman-Turkish immigrants. In addition to this, there are also 8,262 (2009)Turkish citizens who are recent migrants to Jordan.
Notable people
- Lara Abdallat, winner of Miss Jordan 2010 (Turkish Syrian mother){{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lara-abdallat-former-miss-jordan-joins-hacktivist-group/|title=Former Miss Jordan Joins Hacktivist Group to Fight ISIS|last=Heigl|first=Alex|date=July 23, 2015|website=PEOPLE.com|quote=Abdallat, whose father is Jordanian and whose mothers is Turkish-Syrian|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}
- Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan (maternal Turkish grandfather){{citation|year=2009|title='Dedem Türk'tü Türk kültürüyle büyüdüm'|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2009/12/26/dedem_turktu_turk_kulturuyle_buyudum|publisher=Sabah|accessdate=26 April 2021}}
- Muhanna Al-Dura, painter (Turkish mother)"Myhana Al Durra" in Guide to Jordanian Culture, Online: http://www.bourse-des-voyages.com/jordanie/guide-culture-peintres-muhanna-al-durra.php
- Ahmet Düverioğlu, basketball player (Turkish mother){{citation|year=2017|title=Milli Takım'da Ahmet Düverioğlu harekâtı|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/milli-takimda-ahmet-duverioglu-harekati-40409404|publisher=Hürriyet|access-date=6 September 2017}}
- Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Queen of Jordan (Turkish Cypriot origin){{citation|title=هذه الاميرة كان طلال يحبها وكان من الممكن ان تكون اما للملك حسين ولو لم تقتل الملكة زين الملكة علياء طوقان لربما تغير وجه الاردن|url=http://www.alhayat.com/m/story/977575#sthash.coFy0L9s.dpbs|publisher=Arab Times|access-date=6 September 2017|quote=بخاصة بعد أن اجبر الملك عبدالله ابنه طلال على الزواج من تركية ولدت في مصر اسمها زين وهي أم الملك حسين ...}}
- Prince Mired bin Ra'ad, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid
- Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid{{cite web|author=Bonhams|title=Bonhams sets new world record for Turkish Artist Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901-1991)|url=http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/11462/|access-date=2014-06-18}}
- Mihrimah Sultan, Imperial Princess of Ottoman Empire
==See also==
References
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Bibliography
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- {{citation|last=Akar|first=Metin|year=1993|title=Fas Arapçasında Osmanlı Türkçesinden Alınmış Kelimeler|journal=Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi|volume=7|pages=91–110}}
- {{citation |last=Council of Europe|year=2007|title=Parliamentary Assembly: Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22-26 January 2007
|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=92-871-6191-7}}.
- {{citation |last= Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|year=2005|title=Migration, Remittances and Development |publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=92-64-01388-1}}.
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{{Turkish people by country}}
{{Demographics of Jordan}}
Category:Ethnic groups in Jordan