Uzbeks in Turkey
Turkiyadagi O'zbeklar (Uzbek) | |
|---|---|
Flag of Uzbekistan, used by the diaspora in Turkey since 1991 | |
| Total population | |
| ~70,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish, Uzbek, Southern Uzbek, Uyghur, Tajik | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam Shia Islam (minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Uzbek diaspora communities |
Uzbeks in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Özbekler, Türkiye'deki Özbek Türkler, Uzbek: Туркиядаги Ўзбеклар, Turkiyadagi O‘zbeklar) - one of the ethnic groups of the country. Like the Turks, Uzbeks are Turkic-speaking and also profess Islam. The number of the Uzbek diaspora in Turkey is approximately 70,000 people, Uzbeks live in almost all regions and large cities of the country.