Talk:Turks in Switzerland

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There is a mistake, the DITIB is for Germany, since this is Switzerland, I guess it should be ITDV (Isvicre Turk Diyanet Vakfi) ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.57.163.6 (talk) 18:18, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am almost convinced it is impossible to say whether there are 50,000 or 70,000 Turks in Switzerland. Not due to lack of data, but inherently, as any more accurate figure would open cans of worms of the "what is a Turk?" variety. So 60,000 may be a fair estimate, but it is important to understand that it may be just as well 10,000 more, or less. Such are ethnic identities, they are real, but they are also fuzzy. --

I have removed the recent edits made by User:Dbachmann; the reason for this is because everything must be supported with sources. I do not question the number of Kurds in Switzerland, as it is sourced. However, unless there is a source which actually confirms that they all come from Turkey it will be removed- let’s not forget that many Kurds also come from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Armenia, and Lebanon. Furthermore, Dbachmann has not provided any sources claiming that there are only 60,000 Turks. One cannot place in the info box that there are only 60,000 Turks and then go onto to write about the Kurds rather than the Turks...this is very contradictory. Turco85 (Talk) 17:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]