10 Facts About British Turks

British Turks first began to emigrate in large numbers from the island of Cyprus for work and then again when Turkish Cypriots were forced to leave their homes during the Cyprus conflict.

British Turks then began to come from Turkey for economic reasons.

Recently, smaller groups of British Turks have begun to immigrate to the United Kingdom from other European countries.

Furthermore, in recent years, there has been a growing number of ethnic British Turks immigrating to the United Kingdom from Algeria and Germany.

Many other British Turks have immigrated to Britain from parts of the southern Balkans where they form an indigenous ethnic and religious minority dating to the early Ottoman period, particularly Bulgaria, Romania, the Republic of North Macedonia, and the province of East Macedonia and Thrace in Northern Greece.

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British Turks was captured by William Hawkins aboard a Spanish ship and brought to England.

Migration from Cyprus to the United Kingdom began in the early 1920s when the British Turks annexed Cyprus in 1914 and the residents of Cyprus became subjects of the Crown.

Mainland British Turks settled in similar areas of London in which the Turkish Cypriots lived in; however, many have moved to the outer districts such as Enfield and Essex.

However, official data regarding the British Turks Turkish community excludes British Turks-born and dual heritage children of Turkish origin; thus, it is unlikely that any of the official figures available provide a true indication of the community.

However, the majority of young British Turks still believe in Islam and the basic principles of the religion as it has more of a symbolic attachment to them due to traditional Turkish values.