Turks in Yemen explained

Group:	Turks in Yemen
Population:	10,000–100,000 or over 200,000 ^[1]
Popplace:	Sana'a
Related:	Turkish diaspora

Turks in Yemen (Turkish: Yemen Türkleri), also known as Turkish Yemenis 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 settlers 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 About 6,000 live in Sana'a.^[2]

Some 150 kilometres from Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Beyt al-Turki 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.”

Notable people

• Cahide Sonku, first female film director in Turkey

See also

• Demographics of Yemen
  • Turkey–Yemen relations Turkish diaspora
• Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman Empire
  • • Turks in the Arab world Yemen Eyalet

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Güzel, Hasan Celâl (2016). "Orta Doğuda Türk/Türkmen Varlığı" (PDF). Yeni Turkiye. p. 150. Bunların dışında, Suudî Arabistan’da 150 bin Türk nüfusu, Mısır’da 150 bin civarında Ariş Türkleri, Yemen’de en az 200 bin Türk, Ürdün’de çok sayıda Türk asıllı nüfus yaşamaktadır. Mısır nüfusunun üçte birinin, yani 25 milyon nüfusun Türk asıllı olduğu ileri sürülmektedir.
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