| Flag Caption: | Flag of Israeli Turkmen, also used to represent ethnic Turks in the Levant as a whole |
| Group: | Israeli Turkmen |
| Native Name: | İsrail Türkmenleri |
| Flag: | Flag of the Turkmen of Israel and Lebanon.png |
| Rels: | Majority Sunni Islam |
| Langs: | Turkish |
| Related: | Syrian Turkmen, Lebanese Turkmen, Turkish Jews in Israel |
The Israeli Turkmen,[1] neutrally referred to as the Turks in Israel are the descendants of ethnic Turkish and other Oghuz Turkic peoples who have had a long-established presence in the region.
Migration of Turkish settlers to the Levant began in the 12th century, and continued throughout the Mamluk and Ottoman rule.[1]
In the early 2000s, Turkish workers from the Republic of Turkey settled in Israel, working predominantly on construction projects.[2]
During and after the 1947–1949 Palestine war, some Turkmen fled the region and settled in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.[3]
During the British mandate of Palestine, the Turk tribes like Bani-Saidan and Bani Alaqama lived mostly in the Jezreel Valley region; and, up until the Israeli conquest in 1967, Turkmen tribes lived in the Golan Heights.[1]