Turks in Switzerland

Turks in Switzerland
Total population

120,000[1][2]

1,5% of Swiss Population
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Sunni Islam, Shia Islam

Turks in Switzerland (Turkish: İsviçre'deki Türkler) are Swiss residents of Turkish origin. Over the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in the diversity of culture, language and customs in the Swiss population. Significant levels of Muslim emigration to Switzerland began in the late 1960s with the arrival of labour migrants from Turkey.

Demographics

Accounting some 5% of the foreign population, the Turkish community in Switzerland,are concentreated particularly in the cities of Zurich, Basel and Lausanne.[3]

According to the Swiss Statistics, as of 2007 there were 73,000 Turkish nationals living in Switzerland, including Kurds. However, this does not include those who have been naturalised or the Swiss born Turks.

YearTurkish citizens
200477,100
200575,900
200674,300
200773,200
(Source: Swiss Statistics)[4]

Naturalisation

Naturalisation of Turkish citizens:
YearPopulation
19971,814
19982,093
19992,260
20003,127
20013,116
20024,128
20034,216
20043,565
20053,467
20063,457
Source: OECD[5]

Culture

Religion

Mosque of the Olten Turkish cultural association, Wangen bei Olten.

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 15th July Turkey's coup d'état attempt purges.[6]

Language

Top ten languages spoken in Switzerland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation. "Diaspora und Migrantengemeinschaften aus der Türkei in der Schweiz" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ↑ Türkische Gemeinschaft Schweiz. "VERANSTALTUNGEN - PROJEKTE". Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  3. ↑ Geneve. "Turks in the Swiss team" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  5. ↑ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008, 364.
  6. ↑ Haddad 2002, 74.

Bibliography

  • Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck (2002). Muslims in the West: from sojourners to citizens. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514805-3. .
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2008). International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2008. OECD Publishing. ISBN 92-64-04565-1. .
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