Turks in Berlin

Turkish community of Berlin
Total population
	Official number of people with Turkish background: 176,743[1] (5.1%) Other estimates range from 200,000-500,000[2]
Regions with significant populations
	Berlin; Kreuzberg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Gesundbrunnen, Moabit, Hansaviertel
Languages
	German · Turkish
Religion
	Sunni Islam, Alevism
Related ethnic groups
	Turks in Germany; Kurds in Germany;

Turks in Berlin are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Berlin where they form the largest ethnic minority group, and the largest Turkish community outside Turkey. The largest communities can be found in Kreuzberg, Neukölln, and Wedding, with substantial populations in other areas, almost exclusively those of the former West Berlin.[3]

Demonstration

Demographics

As of December 2016, there were 97,682 foreign nationals with Turkish citizenship registered as residents in Berlin. Additionally, there were 79,048 German citizens with a Turkish "migration background" (meaning they or their parents had immigrated to Germany after 1955), or dual German-Turkish citizenship, for a total of at least 177,000 Turks residing in Berlin.[4]

The German state does not keep statistics on race, instead they categorize ethnic groups originating from Turkey as being of Turkish national origin. Therefore, this also includes many Kurds and other ethnic minorities from Turkey. Furthermore, these figures do not include ethnic Turkish minorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo^[a], North Macedonia, Romania or any other traditional area of Turkish settlement because they are categorized by their country of origin rather than their ethnic Turkish or Kurdish identity.

Top 5 Berlin Boroughs with largest population claiming Turkish Descent
Rank	Borough	Population	Percentage
1	Mitte	38,245	11.4%
2	Neukölln	36,932	12.0%
3	Kreuzberg	29,225	10.9%
4	Tempelhof-Schöneberg	22,043	6.6%
5	Reinickendorf	13,894	5.8%

Notes and references

Notes:

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References:

http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/2013/SB_A01-05-00_2012h02_BE.pdf
http://www.turizmdebusabah.com/HaberPrint~haberNo~38200.htm
Renate Müller (2001). W. Neill; H. Schwedler (eds.). Urban Planning and Cultural Inclusion - Lessons from Belfast and Berlin. Springer. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-230-52406-4.
"Statistischer Bericht: Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2016" [Statistical Report: Residents in the state of Berlin on December 31st 2016] (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). pp. 15–17. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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[1] ttp://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/2013/SB_A01-05-00_2012h02_BE.pdf

[2] ttp://www.turizmdebusabah.com/HaberPrint~haberNo~38200.htm

[W._Neill,_H._Schwedler-3] Renate Müller (2001). W. Neill; H. Schwedler (eds.). Urban Planning and Cultural Inclusion - Lessons from Belfast and Berlin. Springer. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-230-52406-4.

[pop-detail-4] "Statistischer Bericht: Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2016" [Statistical Report: Residents in the state of Berlin on December 31st 2016] (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). pp. 15–17. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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