People of Turkish origin in Switzerland
People of Turkish origin in Switzerland are Swiss citizens with an origin from Turkey , Turkish citizens living in Switzerland and dual citizens with both nationalities.
Over the past two decades there has been a sharp increase in the diversity of culture, language and customs among the Swiss population. Significant spurts of people emigrating from Turkey to Switzerland began in the late 1960s with the arrival of migrant workers . The vast majority of Turks in Switzerland are Muslims; the proportion of Alevis is significantly higher than in Turkey, as many Alevis emigrated due to their difficult political situation in Turkey.
A total of 120,000 people of Turkish origin live in Switzerland, most of them in the cantons of Zurich, Aargau and Basel. In French-speaking Switzerland , most people with Turkish citizenship live in the canton of Vaud.
history
Historically, the first Turks arrived in Switzerland as migrant workers in the early 1960s . At first, work was mainly found in the industrial, textile processing and catering sectors. In contrast to the situation in Germany , Austria , the Netherlands and Belgium , this immigration took place outside of official agreements between the two states Switzerland and Turkey - the majority of Turks came to Switzerland on their own initiative.
Demographics
The Turkish community in Switzerland is particularly concentrated in the cities of Zurich , Basel and Lausanne .
According to the official Swiss statistics, around 70,000 Turkish citizens lived in Switzerland in 2013 (almost 5 percent). However, these statistics do not include naturalized, dual-national or Swiss-born Turks.
number of inhabitants
|
naturalization
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Culture
religion
The majority of the Turkish communities in Switzerland practice Islam. However, their religious organizations are different from those of other Muslim communities in the country. The Turks are divided by ideological and political divisions in their homeland. When the radical Islamic movement Millî Görüş was founded for Turks in Germany in the 1970s , numerous Turks in Switzerland joined this organization. However, the Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği , the Turkish Directorate for Religious Affairs that sends Imams to the Turkish Diaspora , also attracted other Turks to practice this form of Islam controlled by the Turkish state. Turkish groups such as the Sufi Suleymancilar and the Nurcu Confraternity also play a role in the Muslim-Turkish community in Switzerland.
language
.svg)
The community of Turkish origin in Switzerland speaks Turkish , Kurdish and one of Turkey's many languages as mother tongue .
The naturalized Turkish-Swiss speak German , French and Italian as a second language .
National Associations
The Turkish community has established associations and associations to keep the customs and traditions alive. Cultural communities, sports clubs - especially soccer teams and religious organizations exist in most of Switzerland's major cities.
See also
literature
- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad : Muslims in the West. From sojourners to citizens . Oxford University Press, Oxford u. a. 2002, ISBN 0-19-514805-3 .
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (Ed.): International Migration Outlook. SOPEMI 2008 . OECD Publishing, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-92-64-04565-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diaspora and migrant communities from Turkey in Switzerland (2010). (PDF; 3.1 MB) Federal Office for Migration, accessed on September 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Yurtdışındaki Vatandaşlarımız (TC Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı Yurtdışı İşçi Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü) ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Events - Projects. Turkish Community Switzerland, accessed February 9, 2011 .
- ^ Turks add spice to life in Switzerland. SwissInfo, accessed on May 9, 2009 .
- ↑ Swiss Statistics: Foreign resident population by nationality.
- ↑ International Migration Outlook. SOPEMI 2008. Paris 2008, p. 364.
- ^ Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad: Muslims in the West. Oxford 2002, p. 74.
