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Turks in Saudi Arabia#Notable Turks in Saudi Arabia

{{Infobox Ethnic group

| group = Turks in Saudi Arabia

| image = Turkish Pilgrims at Jabal Thawr in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 4 April 2015.jpg

| caption = A group of Turkish pilgrims at Jabal Thawr to perform umrah

| popplace = Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca

| langs = {{hlist|Turkish | Arabic}}

| rels = Sunni Islam

| related = Turkish diaspora

| population = {{Plainlist|Turkish Arabian minority (i.e. Ottoman descendants only):
150,000 (1993 est.){{citation|last=Akar|first=Metin|year=1993|title=Fas Arapçasında Osmanlı Türkçesinden Alınmış Kelimeler|journal=Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi|volume=7|pages=94–95}}
Modern-day Turkish immigrants:
120,000-200,000{{Harvnb|Harzig|Juteau|Schmitt|2006|loc=67}}{{Harvnb|Koslowski|2004|loc=41}}.{{Harvnb|Karpat|2004|loc=12}}.

}}

}}

{{Turkish people}}

Turks in Saudi Arabia also referred to as Turkish Saudi Arabians, Saudi Arabian Turks or Saudi Turks ({{langx|tr|Suudi Arabistan Türkleri}}, {{langx|ar|الأتراك في السعودية}}) refers to ethnic Turkish people living in Saudi Arabia. The majority of Arabian Turks descend from Ottoman settlers who arrived in the region during the Ottoman rule of Arabia. Most Ottoman Turkish descendants in Saudi Arabia trace their roots to Anatolia; however, some ethnic Turks also came from the Balkans, Cyprus, the Levant, North Africa and other regions which had significant Turkish communities. In addition to Ottoman settlement policies, Turkish pilgrims to Mecca and Medina often settled down in the area permanently.

There has also been modern migration to Saudi Arabia from the Republic of Turkey as well as other modern nation-states which were once part of the Ottoman Empire.

History

=Ottoman Turkish migration=

Turks have had a presence in the western Arabian peninsula for hundreds of years, culminating in the Ottoman conquest of the Hejaz in 1517. After the Great Arab Revolt and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish minority remained in the newly founded Saudi Kingdom.

=Modern Turkish migration=

Starting in the 1970s, economic relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia grew.{{Harvnb|Fuller|2008|loc=125}}. In 1977, there was 6,500 Turks in Saudi Arabia, 5,000 of which were officially reported workers.{{Harvnb|Hale|1981|loc=249}}.{{Harvnb|Sirageldin|2003|loc=236}}.{{Harvnb|Jung|Piccoli|2001|loc=140}}.{{Harvnb|Unan|2009|loc=43}}.

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colspan=8 align="center" | Emigration of Turkish workers to Saudi Arabia{{Harvnb|Papademetriou|Martin|1991|loc=120}}.{{Harvnb|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|1997|loc=165}}.
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! Year

! Population

1961–19734
1974–198026,739
1981–2023986,754
1991–1995150,654
2000-2023925,789

Business

As per argaam, Turkish nationals workers were around 25,000 people, which represents around 0.20% of total population. There are some 8,100 Turkish-operated hairdresser shops, 4,200 restaurants, and 2,900 furniture stores in Saudi Arabia.{{Harvnb|Ergener|2002 |loc=76}}.

Politics

During the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, more than 8,000 Turkish expats from Saudi Arabia cast votes whether Turkey should abolish its parliamentary system and become a presidential republic.{{Cite web|title=More than 1 million Turkish expats vote in charter referendum - Turkey News|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/more-than-1-million-turkish-expats-vote-in-charter-referendum-111829|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Hürriyet Daily News|date=10 April 2017 |language=en}} 58.34% of the Turkish expatriates in Saudi Arabia opted for "No", while 41.66% voted for "Yes". The yes vote was concentrated in Jeddah and the Western Region, while in Riyadh no was the dominant choice. The no vote was significantly higher compared to votes of several European Turkish expat communities.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-18|title=Referendum divides Turkish expats|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/176788/Referendum-divides-Turkish-expats|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Saudigazette|language=English}}

Notable people

== See also ==

{{Portal|Saudi Arabia|Turkey}}

References

{{Reflist|2}}

Bibliography

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  • {{citation |last=Ergener|first=Reşit|year=2002|title= About Turkey: Geography, Economy, Politics, Religion, and Culture|publisher=Pilgrims Process|isbn=0-9710609-6-7}}.
  • {{citation |last=Fuller|first=Graham E.|year=2008|title= The new Turkish republic: Turkey as a pivotal state in the Muslim world |publisher=US Institute of Peace Press|isbn=978-1-60127-019-1}}.
  • {{citation |last=Hale|first=William M.|year=1981|title= The Political and Economic Development of modern Turkey|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=0-7099-0014-7}}.
  • {{citation |last1=Harzig|first1=Christiane|last2=Juteau|first2=Danielle|author2-link=Danielle Juteau|last3=Schmitt|first3=Irina|year=2006|title= The Social Construction of Diversity: Recasting the Master Narrative of Industrial Nations|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=1-57181-376-4}}.
  • {{citation |last1=Jung|first1=Dietrich|last2=Piccoli|first2=Wolfango|year=2001|title= Turkey at the Crossroads: Ottoman Legacies and a Greater Middle East|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=1-85649-867-0}}.
  • {{citation |last=Karpat|first=Kemal H.|year=2004|title=Studies on Turkish Politics and Society: Selected Articles and Essays:Volume 94 of Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-13322-4}}.
  • {{citation |last=Koslowski|first=Rey|year=2004|title=Intnl Migration and Globalization Domestic Politics|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=0-203-48837-7}}.
  • {{citation |last=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|year=1997|title=Trends in International Migration: Continuous Reporting System on Migration: Annual Report 1996|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=92-64-15508-2}}.
  • {{citation|last1=Papademetriou|first1=Demetrios G.|last2=Martin|first2=Philip L.|year=1991|title=The Unsettled Relationship: Labor Migration and Economic Development|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=0-313-25463-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/unsettledrelatio00papa}}.
  • {{citation |last=Sirageldin|first=Ismail Abdel-Hamid|year=2003|title=Human Capital: Population Economics in the Middle East

|publisher=American University in Cairo Press|isbn=977-424-711-6}}.

  • {{citation |last=Unan|first=Elif|year=2009|title=MICROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF TURKISH WORKERS REMITTANCES: SURVEY RESULTS FOR FRANCE-TURKEY|url=http://gdri.dreem.free.fr/wp-content/g3-1unan-dreem-1.pdf|publisher=Galatasaray University}}

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