Turks in Denmark

Turks in Denmark or Danish Turks (Danish: Tyrkere i Danmark; Turkish: Danimarka Türkleri) refers to people living in Denmark with ancestral background from Turkey. The group mainly includes ethnic Turks, They currently form the largest immigrant group.[4] According to the official statistics there are 28,892 people of background, connected to Turkey, of whom 20,265 are immigrants and 8,614 are descendants.

Turks in Denmark
Total population
Regions with significant populations
Aarhus, Copenhagen, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj
Languages
Religion
Predominantly Islam
(mostly Sunni and some Alevis)

History

At the end of the 1950s Denmark required a high labour demand which triggered labour immigration mainly from Turkey and Yugoslavia.[5]

Demographics

As of October 2011, Statistics Denmark recorded 60,299 people with origins from Turkey living in Denmark, with 44,626 in Zealand, 12,569 in Jutland, 3,086 in Funen, and 18 in Bornholm.[6]

Culture

Language
See also: Languages of Denmark

Within the home environment the mother tongue is most dominant and children are expected to speak Turkish. However, Danish is spoken outside the home creating a bilingual identity.[7]

Religion
See also: Religion in Denmark and Islam in Denmark

The majority of Turks regard themselves as Muslims. They worship their religion mainly within their own Turkish community and are subdivided mainly by political or religious differences.[8] The Diyanet supports mosque associations in Denmark and controls the majority of the religious organisations used by the community. The "Danish Turkish Islamic Foundation" (Danish: Dansk Tyrkisk Islamisk Stiftelse) is part of the Diyanet and is the largest Muslim organisation in Denmark.[9] The Diyanet’s major competing Islamic networks are the Millî Görüş as well as the Alevi association.[9]

Integration

Naturalisation
Naturalisation of Turkish citizens:[10][11]
YearPersons±% p.a.
197998—    
198022−77.55%
198126+18.18%
198211−57.69%
198359+436.36%
198471+20.34%
1985110+54.93%
1986214+94.55%
1987299+39.72%
1988437+46.15%
1989195−55.38%
YearPersons±% p.a.
1990107−45.13%
1991376+251.40%
1992502+33.51%
1993561+11.75%
1994919+63.81%
1995797−13.28%
1996919+15.31%
19971,037+12.84%
19981,243+19.86%
19993,154+153.74%
20002,787−11.64%
YearPersons±% p.a.
20013,180+14.10%
20022,418−23.96%
20032,158−10.75%
2004732−66.08%
2005878+19.95%
20061,125+28.13%
2007527−53.16%
2008581+10.25%
2009511−12.05%
2010239−53.23%

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Statistikbanken. "Danmarks Statistik". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  2. DR Online. "Tyrkere langer ud efter trossamfund". Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  3. Jyllands-Posten. "Tyrkisk afstand fra Islamisk Trossamfund". Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  4. Liebig 2007, 32.
  5. Liebig 2007, 13.
  6. Statistikbanken. "Danmarks Statistik". Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  7. Jørgensen 2002, 242.
  8. Svanberg 1999, 389.
  9. Nielsen, Akgonul & Alibasic 2009, 100.
  10. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008, 357.
  11. Statistikbanken. "People, who changes into Danish citizenship by sex, age and former citizenship". Retrieved 2011-06-06.

Bibliography
  • Jørgensen, J.N (2002), "Children's Acquisition of Code-switching for Power-Wielding", in Auer, Peter (ed.), Code-Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity, Routledge, ISBN 0-203-01788-9
  • Liebig, Thomas (2007), The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark (PDF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Nielsen, Jørgen S.; Akgonul, Samim; Alibasic, Ahmet (2009), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-17505-9CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2008). International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2008. OECD Publishing. ISBN 92-64-04565-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link).
  • Svanberg, Ingvar (1999), "The Nordic Countries", in Westerlund, David; Svanberg, Ingvar (eds.), Islam outside the Arab world, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-22691-8
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