Turks in Japan

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Turks in Japan
langs = Turkish, Japanese
rels = Cultural Muslim, Buddhism
poptime = Est.10,000 [cite web | url=http://www.turkey.jp/tr/konsoloslukjaptoplum.htm | title=Japonya Türk Toplumu (Turkish Community of Japan) | accessdate= 2008-06-11| publisher=Embassy of Turkey in Japan | language=Turkish]

Turks in Japan ( _ja. 在日トルコ人) refer to Japanese citizens who also hold citizenship of Turkey. At the start of the twentieth century, groups of Volga Tatars immigrated from Kazan, Russia, to Japan. Most of these groups preserved their culture and language as they were not dispersed. During 1950's, they gained Turkish citizenship. However, due to emigration, their population decreased to 2275 [cite web
url = http://www.turkey.jp/tr/konsoloslukjaptoplum.htm
title = Japonya Türk Toplumu (Turkish People of Japan - Turkish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan)
accessdate = April 13
accessyear = 2007] in 2005. Tatars in Japan founded their first mosque and school in 1935cite web
url = http://www.turkey.jp/tr/kronoloji.htm
title = Kronoloji (Chronology - Turkish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan)
accessdate = April 13
accessyear = 2007] in Kobe. In 1938second] , they built another mosque in Tokyo. Though the Turkish community has diminished in size, those remaining founded the [http://www.tokyocamii.org/english/index.html Tokyo Camii and Turkish Cultural Center] in 2000.

Turk heritage

Japanese of Turk descent or heritage

ee also

* Turkish Diaspora

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