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Turks in Japan (Japanese: 在日トルコ人) refer to Japanese citizens who also hold citizenship of Turkey. At the start of the twentieth century, groups of Volga Tatars immigrated from Kazan, Russia, to Japan. Most of these groups preserved their culture and language as they were not dispersed. During 1950's, they gained Turkish citizenship. However, due to emigration, their population decreased to 2275[1] in 2005. Tatars in Japan founded their first mosque and school in 1935[2] in Kobe. In 1938[2], they built another mosque in Tokyo. Though the Turkish community has diminished in size, those remaining founded the Tokyo Camii and Turkish Cultural Center in 2000.
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- ^ Japonya Türk Toplumu (Turkish People of Japan - Turkish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan). Retrieved on April 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Kronoloji (Chronology - Turkish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan). Retrieved on April 13, 2007.
