Syrians in Turkey
Share of Syrians under Temporary Protection by province (as of April 17, 2025) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 3.1 million Registered refugees in Temporary Protection Status: 2,777,826 People with a residence permit: 72,777 (as of August 2024) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Syrian population in descending order: Istanbul, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Hatay, Mersin, Bursa, Konya, İzmir, Ankara | |
| Languages | |
| Syrian Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Syriac | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam, minorities of Shia Islam (Isma'ilism, Nusayris), Christians (Syriac Christianity, Eastern Catholic Churches). | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Kurds, Syrian Turkmen, Armenians, Assyrians |
Almost 3 million Syrians live in Turkey, many of whom fled the Syrian Civil War in the 2010s. They include Turkish citizens of Syrian origin, Syrian refugees, and other Syrian citizens resident in Turkey. As of 2025, about 2.8 million registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War reside in Turkey, which hosts one of the biggest refugee populations in the world. In addition, more than 72,000 Syrian nationals reside in Turkey with a residence permit. Over 200 thousand Syrian nationals have acquired Turkish citizenship. Many children were born or grew up in Turkey and don’t have strong ties to Syria.
Syrians are generally concentrated in the border provinces and major cities in Turkey, and only 1.3% of them live in refugee camps. Istanbul, the most populous city in Turkey, hosts the highest number of Syrian refugees, with more than 500,000 registered people.