Turks in Yemen

Turks in Yemen
Total population
	10,000–100,000
Regions with significant populations
	Sana'a
Languages
	Turkish; Arabic;
Religion
	Islam

Turks in Yemen (Turkish: Yemen Türkleri), also known as Turkish Yemenis^[2] and Yemeni Turks, refers to the ethnic Turks who live in Yemen.

History[]

The majority of today's Yemeni Turks are the descendants of the Ottoman Turkish colonizers who began to migrate to the region as part of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, which controlled, at least nominally, the region for over 300 years. The Yemen Eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire covered much of modern Yemen.

Demographics[]

Today, estimates of the Turkish community in Yemen range from more than 10,000 to 100,000^[1] About 6,000 live in Sana'a.^[3]

Some 150 kilometres from Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, is inhabited by Turkish inhabitants who first moved to the area around 200 years ago. The surname of most of the residents in this village is “Turki.”^[2]

Notable people[]

Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician, and human rights activist
Cahide Sonku, first female film director in Turkey

References[]

^ ^a ^b Yemen Raporu, Union of NGOs of The Islamic World, 2014, p. 26, Bu noktadan hareketle, bölgede yaklaşık 10 bin ila 100 bin arasında Türk asıllı vatandaş bulunduğu tahmin edilmektedir.
^ ^a ^b Turkish Yemenis greet ambassador, Hürriyet Daily News, 2012, retrieved 13 March 2021
^ Ayhan 2010, 17.

Bibliography[]

Ayhan, Veysel (2010). "Civil War in Yemen: The Power Struggle, Regional Influences and Relations with Turkey" (PDF). Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. ORSAM. 10 (January 2010).
Masters, Bruce (2009). "Yemen". In Ágoston, Gábor; Masters, Bruce (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7..

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[NGOs-1] Yemen Raporu, Union of NGOs of The Islamic World, 2014, p. 26, Bu noktadan hareketle, bölgede yaklaşık 10 bin ila 100 bin arasında Türk asıllı vatandaş bulunduğu tahmin edilmektedir.

[hdn-2] Turkish Yemenis greet ambassador, Hürriyet Daily News, 2012, retrieved 13 March 2021

[Ayhan_2010_loc=17-3] Ayhan 2010, 17.

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v t Demographics of Yemen
Religions	Islam Shia Christianity Protestantism Roman Catholicism Jews
Ethnic groups	Al-Akhdam Arabs Bamakhrama Murad Mehri Somalis Soqotri Turks
Foreign nationals	Pakistanis