Turkish American

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diaspora community ethnic group

Turkish Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Turkish descent, forming a distinct ethnic community with cultural roots in Turkey and the broader Turkish diaspora.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Turkish Americans 1
TurkishCypriotAmericans 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
censusCategory mayBeClassifiedAsAsian ⓘ
mayBeClassifiedAsMiddleEasternOrNorthAfrican ⓘ
mayBeClassifiedAsWhite ⓘ
reportedUnderOtherAncestry ⓘ
citizenshipStatus mayBeUSCitizen ⓘ
mayBeUSNonImmigrantResident ⓘ
mayBeUSPermanentResident ⓘ
concentratedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Florida ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: New York City metropolitan area

Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalInfluence introductionOfDonerKebabAndGyroVariantsInUSCuisine ⓘ
promotionOfTurkishCoffeeCultureInUS ⓘ
promotionOfTurkishTelevisionAndCinemaInUS ⓘ
engagedIn academicProfessions ⓘ
engineeringProfessions ⓘ
informationTechnologyProfessions ⓘ
medicalProfessions ⓘ
restaurantAndFoodIndustry ⓘ
smallBusiness ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkish ⓘ
hasInstitution TurkishAmericanChambersOfCommerce ⓘ
TurkishAmericanCulturalCenters ⓘ
TurkishAmericanMosques ⓘ
TurkishLanguageSchools ⓘ
hasNotableSubgroup Gagauz ⓘ
surface form: GagauzAmericans

MeskhetianTurkAmericans ⓘ
Turkish American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: TurkishCypriotAmericans
hasOrganizationType businessAssociation ⓘ
culturalAssociation ⓘ
religiousOrganization ⓘ
studentAssociation ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
maintainsCulturalPractice TurkishCuisine ⓘ
TurkishLanguageEducation ⓘ
TurkishMusicAndDance ⓘ
celebrationOfTurkishNationalHolidays ⓘ
migrationWave late19thCenturyOttomanMigration ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
surface form: post1965ImmigrationAndNationalityActMigration

postWorldWarIIMigration ⓘ
partOf Asian American ⓘ
surface form: Asian Americans

European American ⓘ
surface form: European Americans

Middle Eastern American ⓘ
surface form: Middle Eastern Americans

Muslim American ⓘ
surface form: Muslim Americans

Turkish diaspora ⓘ
politicalActivity communityAdvocacyOnImmigrationIssues ⓘ
lobbyingOnUS–TurkeyRelations ⓘ
participationInUSElections ⓘ
primaryAncestralCountry Turkey ⓘ
relatedTo Turkish Australians ⓘ
Turkish Canadians ⓘ
Turkish Dutch ⓘ
Turkish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Germans
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
secular ⓘ
transnationalTie dualCitizenshipWithTurkey ⓘ
frequentTravelToTurkey ⓘ
remittancesToTurkey ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paterson, New Jersey → ethnicCommunity → Turkish American ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Americans
Turkish American → hasNotableSubgroup → Turkish American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Turkish Americans
this entity surface form: TurkishCypriotAmericans
Asian American → hasPart → Turkish American ⓘ