page_title: Turks in Europe
section_title: Mainland Turkish migration to Western and Northern Europe (1960s-present)
hierarchical_section_title: Turks in Europe / History / Modern migration / Mainland Turkish migration to Western and Northern Europe (1960s-present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Janissary procession trough the Brandenburger Tor at the "Türkischen Tag" (Turkish Day) in Berlin Deutsch: Janitscharen-Umzug durch das Brandenburger Tor am "Türkischen Tag" in Berlin
context_page_description: The Turks in Europe refers to ethnic Turks living in Europe. Most Turks in Europe live in European Turkey, but there is also a sizeable Turkish diaspora in countries such as Germany. This diaspora includes two groups: guest workers who migrated to western Europe in recent decades, and historic Turkish minorities in southeastern Europe who trace their origin back to the Ottoman era.
  Turks have had a long history in Europe dating back to the Ottoman era when they began to conquer and migrate to Eastern Europe during the Ottoman conquests which, other than Turkey, created significant Turkish communities in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Romania.
  Modern immigration of Turks to Western Europe began with Turkish Cypriots migrating to the United Kingdom in the early 1920s when the British Empire annexed Cyprus in 1914 and the residents of Cyprus became subjects of the Crown. However, Turkish Cypriot migration increased significantly in the 1940s and 1950s due to the Cyprus conflict.
caption: The Turks in Germany number about 4 million,[52] which constitutes the largest Turkish community in Western Europe as well as the largest within the Turkish diaspora.
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