Turkish Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Turkish ancestry
Turkish Americans or American Turks are Americans who come from families with ethnic Turkish backgrounds, including Romanlar.
![]() The 27th Annual Turkish Day Parade (2008) in New York | |
Total population | |
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230,342 (2016 ACS)a[›][1] More than 1,000,000 (2012 estimate by the former US Commerce Secretary John Bryson) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam (including practising and non-practising) Minority Alevism, other religions, or irreligious | |
^ a: Government immigration figures on the number of Turks in the US are not fully reliable because a considerable number of Turks were born in the Balkans, Cyprus, and other areas of the former Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, there has been more recent Turkish migration waves of Meskhetian Turks from the former USSR.[2] |
References
change- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau. "TOTAL ANCESTRY REPORTED Universe: Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ↑ Karpat 2004, 627 .
Other websites
change- Media related to Turkish Americans at Wikimedia Commons