Arabs in Turkey
Arabs in Turkey
Türkiye Arapları
العرب في تركيا
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| An old Arab in Şanlıurfa |
| Total population |
| 800,000[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Adana, Batman, Bitlis, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Mardin, Mersin, Muş, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak |
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Arabic, Turkish
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| Religion |
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Mainly Islam (Sunnis and Alawites)
minority Christianity (18,000[2])
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| Related ethnic groups |
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Arabs
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The Arabs in Turkey (Arabic: العرب في تركيا, Turkish: Türkiye Arapları) are a Semitic people.
Arabs in Turkey are mostly Muslims living along the southeastern border with Syria in the provinces such as Batman, Bitlis, Gaziantep, Hatay, Mardin, Muş, Siirt, Şırnak and Şanlıurfa. The Arabs in this part of the border consist of many Bedouin tribes placed there during the Ottoman Empire. Many of these tribes have blood ties to other Bedouins living in Syria, especially in the city of Ar Raqqah.
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