Turks in Kuwait

Turks of Kuwait

Total population
Foreign Turkish people living in Kuwait: 3,262[1]
Regions with significant populations
Kuwait City
Languages
Turkish Arabic
Religion
Islam

Turks of Kuwait (Turkish: Kuveyt Türkleri) are Kuwaiti people of Turkish ancestry and foreign Turkish people who live in Kuwait. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.

History

Business

Turkish people work in barber shops, furniture shops, restaurants. There are Turkish teachers, doctors, engineers and businessmen in Kuwait.

Notable Turks in Kuwait

• Dina Al-Sabah (mother is half-Syrian, half Turkish)

See also

• Kuwait–Turkey relations
• Basra Province, Ottoman Empire
• Turkish diaspora
• Immigration to Kuwait

References

1. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı. "Kuveyt". Retrieved 28 October 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

Bibliography

• Council of Europe (2007), Parliamentary Assembly: Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22–26 January 2007, Council of Europe, ISBN 92-871-6191-7.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2005), Migration, Remittances and Development, OECD Publishing, ISBN 92-64-01388-1.