Cypriot Turks
Cypriot Turks ( Turkish Kıbrıs Türkleri ) are a regional group of the Turkish ethnic group who live on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus . Today they mostly live in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , where they make up the largest part of the population.
The number of Cypriot Turks is estimated at 1,250,000: 500,000 in Turkey , 300,000 in the United Kingdom , about 314,000 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , 120,000 in Australia , 10,000 in North America , 2,000 in the Republic of Cyprus , 2,000 in Germany and another 6,000 in other countries.
Language and religion
About 99% of the Cypriot Turks belong to Sunni Islam . There is also a small Alevi minority. The Cypriot Turks use a dialect of Turkish as their language .
Diaspora
From 1955 many Cypriot Turks left the island for economic and political reasons; their immigration destinations were Turkey , Great Britain and Australia . Due to the isolation and trade embargoes against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , emigration did not stop. The exact number of Cypriot Turks living outside the island is not known, but there are more Cypriot Turks living abroad than on Cyprus itself.
designation
Occasionally, the Cypriot Turks used to be called Cypriots , while the Cypriot Greeks were called Cypriots . In the meantime, the term Cypriot is common for both ethnic groups. None of these terms contain a derogatory nuance.
literature
- Tanar Baybars: Plucked in a far-off land ; London: Victor Gollancz, 1970.
- Beckingham CF: The Cypriot Turks ; in: Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 43 (1956), pp. 126-130.
- CF Beckingham: The Turks of Cyprus ; in: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 87 (1957), pp. 165-174.
- CF Beckingham: Islam and Turkish nationalism in Cyprus ; in: The world of Islam. NS 5 (1957), pp. 65-83.
- Committee on Turkish Affairs: An investigation into matters concerning and affecting the Turkish community in Cyprus: Interim report ; Nicosia: Government Printing Office, 1949.
- Gabriele Intemann, Michael Venhoff (Eds.): Diercke-Länderlexikon ; Braunschweig: Westermann, 2004 2 ; ISBN 3-07-509420-X .
- Klemens Ludwig: Ethnic minorities in Europe ; Munich: Beck, 1995; ISBN 978-3-406-39215-3 .
- North Cyprus Almanack ; London: K. Rustem, 1987.
- Robin Oakley: The Turkish peoples of Cyprus ; in: Margaret Bainbridge (Ed.): The Turkic peoples of the world ; New York: Kegan Paul, 1993; Pp. 85-117
- Heinz-Gerhard Zimpel (author), Ulrich Pietrusky (edit.): Lexicon of the world population: Geography - Culture - Society ; Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 2001; ISBN 3-11-016319-5 .
Web links
- List with the official designation of the population worldwide (Federal Foreign Office) (PDF; 39 kB)
- World Fact Book on Cyprus