Turks in Switzerland
{{Short description|Ethnic group in Switzerland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Turks in Switzerland
| image =
| caption =
| population = 120,000 (2009 estimate){{citation|year=2009|title=Schweizer Nein könnte Europa-Skeptiker stärken|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/tuerkei-schweizer-nein-koennte-europa-skeptiker-staerken/1836640.html|quote=Dabei erwarten Vertreter der rund 120.000 Türken in der Schweiz nach dem Referendum keine gravierenden Änderungen in ihrem Alltag.|publisher=Der Tagesspiegel|access-date=26 May 2021}}
| popplace = {{hlist|Zurich | Basel | Lausanne}}
| languages = Turkish, French, German and Italian
| rels = Predominantly Sunni Islam
Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions, or Irreligious
}}
Turks in Switzerland ({{langx|tr|İsviçre'deki Türkler}}), also referred to as Swiss Turks ({{langx|tr|İsviçreli Türkler}}) and Turkish Swiss people ({{langx|tr|Türk İsviçreliler}}), are Swiss residents of Turkish origin. The majority of Swiss Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however there has also been Turkish migration waves from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Switzerland from the Balkans (e.g. from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.
Culture
{{see also|Culture of Switzerland|Culture of Turkey}}
=Religion=
{{see also|Religion in Switzerland|Islam in Switzerland|Minaret controversy in Switzerland}}
File:Moschee Wangen bei Olten.jpg.]]
The majority of the Turkish community in Switzerland adhere to Islam. However, their religious organisations differ from those of other Muslim communities in the country. The Turks are divided by ideological and political divisions of their home country. When in the 1970s the Islamic movement Millî Görüş was established in Germany for the German Turkish community, some of the Turks in Switzerland joined this organisation. But the activities of the Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği, the Turkish directorate of religious affairs that sends Imams to the Turkish diaspora, attracted other Turks to adhere to this state-controlled form of Islam. Turkish groups such as the Sufi Suleymancilar and the Nurcu confraternity also play a role in the Turkish Muslim community in Switzerland. These are exact Gulen Movement people, different from the current Turkey's Government, after the 15 July Turkey's coup d'état attempt purges.{{Harvnb|Haddad|2002|loc=74}}.
Discrimination
On 17 March 2021 supporters of the PKK group attacked the home of Şeref Yıldız, the head of the Swiss Turkish Society (ITT), for the fifth time in two years, forcing him to move to another residence to protect his children.{{citation|year=2021|title=Bomb found in Swiss Turkish Society headquarters in Switzerland|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210501-bomb-found-in-swiss-turkish-society-headquarters-in-switzerland/|publisher=Middle East Monitor|accessdate=21 May 2021}}{{citation|year=2021|title=Switzerland: PKK backers target head of Turkish society|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/switzerland-pkk-backers-target-head-of-turkish-society/2179720|publisher=Anadolu Agency|accessdate=21 May 2021}}
By 29 April 2021, a bomb ready to explode was found in the mailbox of the headquarters of the Swiss Turkish Society (ITT), which serves as the umbrella group of Turkish nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Rumlang region. Police evacuated the entrance and exit of the town. It was suspected that the PKK group were behind the attack because, for several months, there had been attacks by PKK supporters against the headquarters and institutions belonging to the Turkish community in Switzerland.
Notable people
{{seealso|List of Turkish Swiss people}}
File:Gülsha Adilji (cropped).jpg|Gülsha Adilji, TV presenter
File:Erkan Aki 2011.jpg|Erkan Aki, opera singer and pop musician
File:EPFL Hatice Altug Portrait.jpg|Professor Hatice Altug, physicist
File:Dany Bahar.jpg|Dany Bahar, business executive
File:Fernando Corena at dinner party.jpg|Fernando Corena, opera singer
File:Eray Cömert 2019.jpg|Eray Cömert, football player
File:Ata bozaci-portrait-2017.jpg|Ata Bozaci, artist
File:Suna Guerler.jpg|{{Interlanguage link|Suna Gürler|de|Suna Gürler}}, actress
File:Güzin Kar 2016.jpg|{{Interlanguage link|Güzin Kar|de|Güzin Kar}}, film director
File:AUT vs. SUI 2015-11-17 (182).jpg|Gökhan Inler, football player
File:Enes Kanter Western Conference Finals 2019 (cropped).jpg|Enes Kanter, basketball player
File:Murat Kunt.jpg|Professor Murat Kunt, scientist
File:AV0A2925 Jantje Friese und Baran bo Odar (Dark) (cropped)2.jpg|Baran bo Odar, film director
File:OZ.jpg|OZ, record producer and songwriter
File:Attila vural.jpg|{{Interlanguage link|Attila Vural|de|Attila Vural}}, guitarist
File:080603 yakin02.jpg|Hakan Yakin, football player
File:Spartak-Zrvena (3).jpg|Murat Yakin, football player
File:Muesluem 2013.jpg|{{Interlanguage link|Semih Yavsaner|de|Semih Yavsaner}}, comedian and entertainer
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
{{refbegin|2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Haddad|first=Yvonne Yazbeck|year=2002|title=Muslims in the West: from sojourners to citizens|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-514805-3 }}.
- {{Cite book |last=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|year=2008|title=International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2008|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-04565-1 }}.
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/eur/vtur/biltur.html Bilateral relations between Switzerland and Turkey]
{{Immigration to Switzerland}}
{{Turkish diaspora}}
{{Portal bar|Switzerland|Turkey}}
{{Commons category|Turks in Switzerland}}
Category:Ethnic groups in Switzerland