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Turks in Denmark

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Turks in Denmark
Total population
  • 75,000 (2015 estimate)[1]
    plus 2,000 Iraqi Turks (2010 estimate by Professor Suphi Saatçi)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Aarhus, Copenhagen, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj
Languages
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Minority Alevism, Christianity, other religions, or irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Turks in Finland,
Turks in Germany,
Turks in Norway,
Turks in Sweden
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History
Culture
Languages
Religion

Turks in Denmark, also referred to as Turkish Danes or Danish Turks (Danish: Tyrkere i Danmark; Turkish: Danimarka Türkleri) refers to ethnic Turkish people living in Denmark. They currently form the largest ethnic minority group in the country; thus, the Turks are the second-largest ethnic group in Denmark, after the ethnic Danish people.[3] The majority of Danish Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however, there has also been significant Turkish migration from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Denmark from the Balkans (e.g. from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.

History

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At the end of the 1950s Denmark required a high labour demand which triggered labour immigration mainly from Turkey and Yugoslavia; consequently, alongside the Turkish migrants from Turkey, there was also a substantial number of Balkan Turks (e.g. Bulgarian Turks, Bosnian Turks etc) who arrived in Denmark.[4] More recently, Iraqi Turks and Syrian Turks have also migrated to Denmark since the European migrant crisis.

Demographics

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In 2008, a report published by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation stated that there was 70,000 people of Turkish origin who were Muslims.[5] Thus, the Turks were the largest Danish Muslim population and accounted for 35% of the 200,000 Muslims.[5] In 2015 the Turkish Danish population was around 75,000.[1]

The majority of Turkish Danish people descend from Turkey; however, some have also arrived from other post-Ottoman countries. For example, there were approximately 2,000 Turkish Iraqi immigrants in Denmark in 2010 (excluding descendants).[2]

Culture

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Language

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See also: Languages of Denmark

Within the home environment, the mother tongue is most dominant and children are expected to speak Turkish. However, Danish is spoken outside the home, creating a bilingual identity.[6]

Religion

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See also: Religion in Denmark and Islam in Denmark

The majority of Turks regard themselves as Muslims. They worship their religion mainly within their own Turkish community and are subdivided mainly by political or religious differences.[7] The Diyanet supports mosque associations in Denmark and controls the majority of the religious organisations used by the community. The "Danish Turkish Islamic Foundation" (Danish: Dansk Tyrkisk Islamisk Stiftelse) is part of the Diyanet and is the largest Muslim organisation in Denmark.[8] The Diyanet's major competing Islamic networks are the Millî Görüş as well as the Alevi association.[8]

In 2008 a report published by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation estimated that the Danish Turks formed 70,000 out of a total of 200,000 Muslims in the country. Hence, one-third of the country's Muslims were of Turkish origin.[5]

Notable people

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Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu
Ayfer Baykal [da]
Emre Mor
Tülin Şahin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Türk kadınının derdi Danimarka'da da aynı, Milliyet, 2015, retrieved 7 September 2021, Danimarka'da yaşayan 75 bin Türk nüfusunda,...
  2. ^ a b Duman, Bilgay (2010), Türkiye'ye Yönelik Türkmen Göçü ve Türkiye'deki Türkmen Varlığı, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, p. 11, ISBN 978-605-5330-64-4, Kerkük Vakfı Genel Sekreteri Prof. Dr. Suphi Saatçi'nin verdiği rakamlara göre, yaklaşık olarak Kanada'da 1000, Danimarka'da 2000, Hollanda'da ise 4000'e yakın Türkmen'in yaşadığı ve Türkiye üzerinden bu ülkelere göç ettiği bilinmektedir..
  3. ^ Liebig 2007, 32.
  4. ^ Liebig 2007, 13.
  5. ^ a b c Larsen, Nick Aagaard (2008), Tyrkisk afstand fra Islamisk Trossamfund, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 1 November 2020, Ud af cirka 200.000 muslimer i Danmark har 70.000 tyrkiske rødder, og de udgør dermed langt den største muslimske indvandrergruppe.
  6. ^ Jørgensen 2002, 242.
  7. ^ Svanberg 1999, 389.
  8. ^ a b Nielsen, Akgonul & Alibasic 2009, 100.

Bibliography

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  • Jørgensen, J.N (2002), "Children's Acquisition of Code-switching for Power-Wielding", in Auer, Peter (ed.), Code-Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity, Routledge, ISBN 0-203-01788-9
  • Liebig, Thomas (2007), The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark (PDF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Nielsen, Jørgen S.; Akgonul, Samim; Alibasic, Ahmet (2009), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, BRILL, ISBN 978-90-04-17505-1
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2008). International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2008. OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-04565-1..
  • Svanberg, Ingvar (1999), "The Nordic Countries", in Westerlund, David; Svanberg, Ingvar (eds.), Islam outside the Arab world, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-22691-8
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