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British Turks protesting in Central London.

Ethnic group

Group

Turks in the United Kingdom

Population date

Turkish-born residentsa
54,079 (2001 UK Census)
72,000 (2009 ONS estimate)
Turkish Cypriot-born residentsa
100,000 � 190,000 (academic estimates)
Total populationb
500,000 (2011 Home Office estimate)

Significant populations

London
(Camden, Croydon, Enfield, Euston, Hackney Haringey, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Palmers Green, Seven Sisters, Southwark, Waltham Forest, and Wood Green)
Birmingham Hertfordshire Luton Manchester Sheffield and the East Midlands

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Turks in the United Kingdom or British Turks are Turkish people who have immigrated to the United Kingdom. However, the term may also refer to British-born persons who have Turkish parents or who have a Turkish ancestral background.

Turks first began to emigrate in large numbers from the island of Cyprus for work and then again when Turkish Cypriots were forced to leave their homes during the Cyprus conflict. Turks then began to come from Turkey for economic reasons. Recently, smaller groups of Turks have begun to immigrate to the United Kingdom from other European countries.

As of 2011, there is a total of about 500,000 people of Turkish origin in the UK; there are approximately 150,000 Turkish nationals and about 300,000 Turkish Cypriots. Furthermore, in recent years, there has been a growing number of ethnic Turks with Bulgarian, German, Greek, Macedonian, and Romanian citizenship who have also migrated to the United Kingdom. The majority live in London.