Total: at least 3,600-4,600, including: Turkish-New Zealanders from Turkey: est.2,000-3,000[2] Turkish-New Zealanders from Cyprus: est.1,600[3][4] plus smaller Turkish communities from Iraq and Syria
Turkish people are mostly established their own businesses specialising in traditional Turkish food, such as kebab, baklava, and Turkish delight.
But these businesses don't belong to Turks anymore as most of them were sold to other people.
Demographics
Population
According to the 2013 census, the Turkish ethnic group accounted for 957 residents, which was a 49.5% increase from the 2006 census.[1] This was a greater percentage increase than the 47.6% increase between the 2001 and 2006 censuses.[1]
Areas of settlement
The majority of Turkish New Zealanders live in urban areas, mostly in the North Island (80.6%) and the remainder live in the South Island (19.4%).[1]
^Vahdettin, Levent; Aksoy, Seçil; Öz, Ulaş; Orhan, Kaan (2016), Three-dimensional cephalometric norms of Turkish Cypriots using CBCT images reconstructed from a volumetric rendering program in vivo, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Recent estimates suggest that there are now 500,000 Turkish Cypriots living in Turkey, 300,000 in the United Kingdom, 120,000 in Australia, 5000 in the United States, 2000 in Germany, 1800 in Canada, and 1600 in New Zealand with a smaller community in South Africa.
^Türkel, Esra (26 July 2012). "Sözünüzü tutun" [Keep your promise] (in Turkish). starkibris.net. Retrieved 7 January 2018.