Turks in Austria

Austrian Turks (German: Türken in Österreich; Turkish: Avusturya Türkleri) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Austria who form the second largest ethnic group in the country after Austrians.

Austrian Turks
Total population
185,592 (Turkish citizens, including dual citizen)[1]
350,000[2][3][4]-500,000[5][6] (including descendants)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam, minorities: Alevism, Irreligious, Roman Catholic

History
Turkish Citizens in Austria[7][8][9]
Year Population Year Population
19511122005116,544
19612172006113,068
197116,4232007108,189
198159,9002008108,762
1991118,5792009109,985
1997132,7372010111,302
1998131,7292011112,461
1999127,5332012112,917
2000 126,995 2013 113,670
2001 127,226 2014 114,740
2002 127,147 2015 115,433
2003 127,156 2016 116,026
2004 123,043

Turkish people were recruited to Austria as Gastarbeiter (guest workers) for the construction and export industries following an agreement with the Turkish government in 1964. From 1973 the policy of encouraging guest workers ended and restrictive immigration laws were introduced, first with the 1975 Aliens Employment Act, setting quotas on work permits, and then the 1992 Residence Act, which set quotas for residency permits without the right to work. A more restrictive system was put in place in 1997 and further limits imposed in 2006.

Since the 1970s Turks living and working in Austria have focused on family reunification and on seeking Austrian citizenship, for which they need to have lived in Austria for 10 years.

Turkish day in Vienna, Austria (2009).

Population

According to the 2001 census, there was 183,445 Turkish nationals living in Austria. According to the Minority Rights Group International many of the Turks living in Austria have been naturalized and the full community is estimated to number between 200,000 and 300,000. Turks are the largest single immigrant group, the leading group seeking Austrian citizenship, and account for the majority of Muslims.[10]According to BBC the number of Turks in Austria are estimated to be around 350,000.[11]

Demographics
See also: Demographics of Austria
Turkish Citizens in Austria[12]
States of Austria 1971 1981 1991 2001
Austria16,42359,900118,579127,226
Burgenland332386301,280
Carinthia231735951,192
Lower Austria3,47910,12518,12919,911
Upper Austria1,2615,66513,23317,226
Salzburg9512,9866,5588,800
Styria1404011,5604,793
Tyrol1,6646,89013,65216,017
Vorarlberg5,04913,71220,34618,838
Vienna3,82319,71043,87639,119
The Yunus-Emre-Fountain is located in the Türkenschanzpark Währing. It is a present from the Republic of Turkey to Austria (1991)

Notable people
See also: List of Austrian Turks

See also

References
  1. "Kommission für Migrations und Integrationsforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften" (PDF). Statistik Austria. 2012. p. 27.
  2. BBC (2010-11-10). "Turkey's ambassador to Austria prompts immigration spat". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  3. Avrupa Türk-İslam Birliği. "Avusturya Türk İslam Kültür ve Sosyal Yardımlaşma Birliği:Sosyal Hayat ve Dini Yapı". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  4. Yakın Dünya. "Türkiye'nin Avusturya Büyükelçisi Göçmen Meselesini Gündeme Getirdi". Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  5. Andreas Mölzer. "In Österreich leben geschätzte 500.000 Türken, aber kaum mehr als 10–12.000 Slowenen". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  6. Juedische-Allgemeine. "Erheblicher Anstieg antisemitischer Vorfälle in Wien". Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  7. Statistik Austria. "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geschlecht 1951 bis 2001". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  8. Potz & Wieshaider 2004, 200.
  9. Statistik Austria. "Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn seit 2002 nach zusammengefasster Staatsangehörigkeit". Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  10. Minority Rights Group International. "Turks". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  11. "Turkey's ambassador to Austria prompts immigration spat". BBC News.
  12. Matzka 2009, 3.

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Further reading
  • Kroissenbrunner, Sabine (July 2003), "Islam and Muslim Immigrants in Austria: Socio-Political Networks and Muslim Leadership of Turkish Immigrants", Immigrants and Minorities, 22 (2–3): 188–207, doi:10.1080/0261928042000244826.
  • Wets, Joha (March 2006), "The Turkish Community in Austria and Belgium: The Challenge of Integration", Turkish Studies, 7 (1): 85–100, doi:10.1080/14683840500520600.
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