page_title: Demographics of Turkey
section_title: Roma people
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Turkey / Ethnic groups and languages / Roma people
caption_attribution_description: A Gipsy camp near Constantinople.
context_page_description: In 2019, the population of Turkey was 83.2 million with a growth rate of 1.39% per annum. Turkish people are the largest ethnic group, followed by Kurdish people.
  The population is relatively young, with 23.6% falling in the 0–14 age bracket. According to OECD/World Bank population statistics, from 1990 to 2008 the population growth in Turkey was 16 million or 29%.
context_section_description: The Roma in Turkey descend from the times of the Byzantine Empire. According to some reports, there are about 500,000-700,000 Roma in Turkey. The neighborhood of Sulukule, located in Western Istanbul, is the oldest Roma settlement in Europe.
caption: A Gypsy camp near Istanbul (1901)
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