Turks in Kuwait
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Total population | |
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Foreign Turkish people living in Kuwait: 3,262[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kuwait City | |
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Religion | |
Islam |
Turks in Kuwait (Turkish: Kuveyt Türkleri) are Kuwaiti people of Turkish ancestry and foreign Turkish people who live in Kuwait. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.
History[]
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Business[]
Turkish people work in barber shops, furniture shops, restaurants. There are Turkish teachers, doctors, engineers and businessmen in Kuwait.
Notable Turks in Kuwait[]
- Dina Al-Sabah (mother is half-Syrian, half Turkish)
See also[]
- Kuwait–Turkey relations
- Basra Province, Ottoman Empire
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Council of Europe (2007), Parliamentary Assembly: Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22–26 January 2007, Council of Europe, ISBN 92-871-6191-7.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2005), Migration, Remittances and Development, OECD Publishing, ISBN 92-64-01388-1.
Categories:
- Turkish diaspora by country
- Ethnic groups in Kuwait
- Kuwait–Turkey relations
- Kuwaiti people of Turkish descent