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| PredominantlySunni Islam MinorityAlevism,Christianity, Other religions andIrreligion | |
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| Turks in Denmark, Turks in Finland Turks in Sweden |
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Turks in Norway (Turkish:Norveç'teki Türkler) orNorwegian Turks (Turkish:Norveçli Türkler) refers to ethnicTurks living inNorway. The majority of Norwegian Turks descend from theRepublic of Turkey; however there has also been Turkish migration from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnicTurkish communities which have come to Norway from theBalkans (e.g. fromBulgaria,Greece,Kosovo,North Macedonia andRomania), the island ofCyprus, and more recentlyIraq andSyria.
Throughout the 1970s Turkish immigrants came toNorway mostly fromTurkey but also from other post-Ottoman countries withTurkish minorities; in particular Turks also migrated to Norway from theBalkans (such asBosnian Turks andRomanian Turks) and the island ofCyprus. Many of these immigrants have since remained inNorway. In 1976 the borders were closed for further inward migration of this kind. During this period there was an increasing awareness and focusing on "foreign workers" in the political debate. A large proportion, more than 20% of the immigrants inDrammen are from Turkey. The major share of these came during the early labour motivated migration phase.[3] Since theEuropean migrant crisis,Iraq Turks andSyrian Turks have also migrated to Norway.
In 2013, there was roughly between 16,500 and 20,000 Norwegians of Turkish descent living inNorway.[1][2]
The Norwegian-Turkish communities mostly live in the capital city ofOslo; however the highest proportion of Turks live inDrammen, a city within commuting distance of Oslo.[4] There are also significant Turkish communities living inStavanger,Trondheim,Bergen,Bærum,Kristiansand,Fredrikstad andAsker.[5]
As of 2008[update], there are 15,003 Turks in Norway who are Muslims.[6] The Turkish community in Drammen bought the Adventist Church inBragernes, Drammen in 2008 which will be turned into a mosque. The church was sold for 7.2 million kroner. The Turkish congregations is one of the biggest Muslim communities in Drammen, with about 1,000 members.[7]
Gül, yaklaşık 20 bin kişiden oluşan Norveç'teki Türk toplumunun Türkiye ve Norveç arasındaki dostluk köprülerini inşa ettiğini söyleyerek, "Uyum sürecini başarıyla tamamlayan Norveç'teki Türkler, dostluk ve işbirliğimizi pekiştirmekte ve başarılarıyla hepimizin göğsünü kabartmaktadır.
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