Turks in Switzerland

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Turks in Switzerland
Total population
120,000 (2009 estimate)
Zurich
  • Basel
  • Lausanne
    • Languages
    Turkish, French, German and Italian
    Religion
    Predominantly Sunni Islam
    Minority Alevism, Christianity, Other religions, or Irreligious

    Turks in Switzerland (

    Turkish communities which have come to Switzerland from the Balkans (e.g. from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria
    .

    Culture

    See also: Culture of Switzerland and Culture of Turkey

    Religion

    See also:
    Minaret controversy in Switzerland
    Mosque of the Olten Turkish cultural association, Wangen bei Olten.

    The majority of the Turkish community in Switzerland adhere to

    Imams to the Turkish diaspora, attracted other Turks to adhere to this state-controlled form of Islam. Turkish groups such as the Sufi Suleymancilar and the Nurcu confraternity also play a role in the Turkish Muslim community in Switzerland. These are exact Gulen Movement people, different from the current Turkey's Government, after the 15 July Turkey's coup d'état attempt purges.[2]

    Discrimination

    On 17 March 2021 supporters of the

    PKK group attacked the home of Şeref Yıldız, the head of the Swiss Turkish Society (ITT), for the fifth time in two years, forcing him to move to another residence to protect his children.[3][4]

    By 29 April 2021, a bomb ready to explode was found in the mailbox of the headquarters of the Swiss Turkish Society (ITT), which serves as the umbrella group of Turkish nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the

    PKK group were behind the attack because, for several months, there had been attacks by PKK supporters against the headquarters and institutions belonging to the Turkish community in Switzerland.[3]

    Notable people

    See also: List of Turkish Swiss people

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Schweizer Nein könnte Europa-Skeptiker stärken, Der Tagesspiegel, 2009, retrieved 26 May 2021, Dabei erwarten Vertreter der rund 120.000 Türken in der Schweiz nach dem Referendum keine gravierenden Änderungen in ihrem Alltag.
    2. ^ Haddad 2002, 74.
    3. ^ a b c Bomb found in Swiss Turkish Society headquarters in Switzerland, Middle East Monitor, 2021, retrieved 21 May 2021
    4. ^ Switzerland: PKK backers target head of Turkish society, Anadolu Agency, 2021, retrieved 21 May 2021

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