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Not to be confused with Assyrians in Turkey.
Ethnic group
Syrians in Turkey Türkiye'deki Suriyeliler
Share of Syrians under Temporary Protection by province (as of Feb 8, 2024)
Total population
~3.5 million
Registered refugees in Temporary Protection Status: 3,158,724 (as of Feb 22, 2024)[1]
People with a residence permit: 79,854 (as of Feb 22, 2024)[2]
Turkish citizens of Syrian origin: 238,055 (as of December 2023)[3]
Regions with significant populations
Syrian population in descending order: Istanbul, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Hatay, Adana, Mersin, Bursa, İzmir, Konya, Ankara, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Kayseri, and Kilis
Languages
Syrian Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam, minorities of Shia Islam (Isma'ilism, Nusayris), Christians (Syriac Christianity, Eastern Catholic Churches) and Mandaeans.
Number of registered Syrian refugees by province (as of February 10, 2022)
Syrians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Suriyeliler; Arabic: السوريون في تركيا, romanized: al-Sūriyyūn fī Turkiyā), includes Turkish citizens of Syrian origin, Syrian refugees, and other Syrian citizens resident in Turkey. As of January 2024, there are approximately 3,200,000 registered refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Turkey, which hosts the biggest refugee population in the whole world.[4][5] In addition, almost 80,000 Syrian nationals reside in Turkey with a residence permit.[6] Apart from Syrian refugees under temporary protection and Syrian citizens with a residence permit; 238,055 Syrian nationals acquired Turkish citizenship as of December 2023.[7]
Syrians are generally concentrated in the border provinces and major cities in Turkey, and only 1.3% of them live in refugee camps.[8] Istanbul, the most populous city in Turkey, hosts the highest number of Syrian refugees, with more than 500,000 registered people.[9]
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