| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 404 (2021 census)[1] est. 2,000[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| City of Zagreb | 134 |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | 91 |
| Istria County | 50 |
| Split-Dalmatia County | 37 |
| Zadar County | 17 |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
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Turks of Croatia, also referred to asTurkish Croatians orCroatian Turks, (Croatian:Turci u Hrvatskoj;Turkish:Hırvatistan Türkleri) are one among 22 recognised national minorities inCroatia. According to the 2021 census, there were 404Turks living inCroatia, most of which most lived inPrimorje-Gorski Kotar County and later in theCity of Zagreb. Only 368 native Turkish-language speakers live in that country.[3]
Turks compose approximately 0.01% of the total population. The majority of Croatian Turks areSunni Muslims, and make up 0.6% of Croatia's Muslim population (50,981 Muslims in total).
Turkish Embassy inZagreb, CroatiaDuring theCroatian-Ottoman Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, parts of Croatia were incorporated into theOttoman Empire and settled by Turks. However, the majority of these retreated to other parts of Rumelia or Anatolia after the end of Ottoman rule. Many ethnic Turks in Croatia today are from more recent immigrations from the mid-20th century onwards.[citation needed]
In theIndependent State of Croatia, the Croatian Muslim Printing House issued a magazine inTurkish language intended for the Turkish public, the European turkologists and those in the Independent State of Croatia who spoke Turkish language. The magazine was calledThe East and the West: the Cultural, Economic, Social and Political Magazine (Turkish:Doğu ve Batı. Kültür, iktisat, sosyal ve siyasi mecmuası). It was issued between 6 April 1943 and 15 August 1944. It was the first magazine in Turkish language on the territory of the present-dayCroatia andBosnia and Herzegovina, and second on the territory of the formerYugoslavia.[4]
| Official name of Croatia | Year | Number of Turks |
|---|---|---|
| - | 1931 | 186 |
 PR Croatia | 1948 | 13 |
| 1953 | 276 | |
| 1961 | 2,710 | |
| SR Croatia | 1971 | 221 |
| 1981 | 279 | |
| Croatia | 1991 | 320 |
| 2001 | 300 | |
| 2011 | 367 | |
| 2021 | 404 | |
| (Croatian Bureau of Statistics)[1][5] | ||
