Turks in Switzerland
Turks in Switzerland (Turkish: İsviçre'deki Türkler) are Swiss residents of Turkish origin. Significant levels of Muslim emigration to Switzerland began in the late 1960s with the arrival of labour migrants from Turkey.
Total population | |
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120,000[1][2] 1,5% of Swiss Population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam, Shia Islam |
Demographics
Accounting some 5% of the foreign population, the Turkish community in Switzerland, are concentrated 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.
Year | Turkish citizens | |||
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2004 | 77,100 | |||
2005 | 75,900 | |||
2006 | 74,300 | |||
2007 | 73,200 | |||
(Source: Swiss Statistics)[4] |
Culture
Religion
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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.[6]
Language
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See also
- List of Swiss Turks
- Relations of Switzerland and Turkey
- Turks in Europe
References
- The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation. "Diaspora und Migrantengemeinschaften aus der Türkei in der Schweiz" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- Türkische Gemeinschaft Schweiz. "VERANSTALTUNGEN - PROJEKTE". Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- Geneve. "Turks in the Swiss team" (PDF). Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008, 364.
- Haddad 2002, 74.
Bibliography
- Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck (2002). Muslims in the West: from sojourners to citizens. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514805-3.CS1 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).
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