Editing Demographics of Turkey (section)

=== Immigration ===
{{Main|Immigration to Turkey}}
[[Immigration to Turkey]] is the process by which people [[human migration|migrate]] to [[Turkey]] to reside in the country. After the [[dissolution of the Ottoman Empire]] and following [[Turkish War of Independence]], an [[Emigration|exodus]] by the large portion of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] ([[Turkic peoples|Turkic]]) and [[Islam|Muslim]] peoples from the [[Balkans]] ([[Turks in the Balkans|Balkan Turks]], [[Albanians]], [[Bosniaks]], [[Pomaks]]), [[Caucasus]] ([[Abkhaz people|Abkhazians]], [[Ajarians]], [[Circassians]], [[Chechen people|Chechens]], [[Lezgins]]), [[Crimea]] ([[Crimean Tatar diaspora]]), and [[Crete]] ([[Cretan Turks]]) took refuge in present-day Turkey and moulded the country's fundamental features. Trends of immigration towards Turkey continue to this day, although the motives are more varied and are usually in line with the patterns of global [[immigration]] movements — Turkey, for example, receives many economic migrants from nearby countries such as [[Armenia]], [[Moldova]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]], and [[Azerbaijan]], but also from [[Central Asia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]]. [[Turkey's migrant crisis]] during the 2010s saw high numbers of people arriving in Turkey, particularly [[Syrian refugees|those fleeing]] the [[Syrian civil war]].

As of August 2024, the number of refugees of the Syrian civil war in Turkey was estimated to be 3,097,660 people. The number of Syrians had decreased by 321,118 people in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Number of Syrians in Turkey July 2023 – Refugees Association |url=https://multeciler.org.tr/eng/number-of-syrians-in-turkey/ |website=multeciler.org.tr}}</ref>  In 2022, nearly 100,000 Russian citizens migrated to Turkey, becoming the first in the list of foreigners who moved to Turkey, meaning an increase of more than 218% from 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Airport |first1=Turkish Airlines planes are parked at the new Istanbul |title=Russian migration to Turkey spikes by 218% in aftermath of Ukraine war – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/russian-migration-turkey-spikes-218-aftermath-ukraine-war |website=www.al-monitor.com |language=en |date=24 July 2023}}</ref>

In order to obtain Turkish citizenship there is a range of legal grounds, which can include: reunification with their family, marriage to a Turkish citizen, for the purchase of real estate worth $400,000 from a Turkish citizen or company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Условия приобретения гражданства Турции |url=https://realeast.biz/ru/grazhdanstvo-v-turczii/ |website=Гражданство Турции|access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> The minimum investment amount was increased in May 2022, previously it was enough to invest $250,000. Also the basis is to work in Turkey, training, business, medical treatment, refugee status.

Population in Turkey by country of citizenship by the end of each years:<ref name="data.tuik.gov.tr"/>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Country
!2024
!2023
! 2022
! 2021
! 2020
|-
|Total people living in Turkey<sup>1</sup>
|85 664 944 (100%)
|85 372 377 (100%)
| 85 279 553 (100%)
| 84 680 273 (100%)
| 83 614 362 (100%)
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|84 184 397 (98.27%)
|83 801 834 (98.16%)
| 83 455 717 (97.86%)
| 82 888 237 (97.88%)
| 82 280 952 (98.41%)
|-
|Total foreign population<sup>1</sup>
|1 480 547 (1.73%)
|1 570 543 (1.84%)
| 1 823 836 (2.14%)
| 1 792 036 (2.12%)
| 1 333 410 (1.59%)
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|177 988 (0.21%)
|217 476 (0.25%)
| 275 305 (0.32%)
| 322 015 (0.38%)
| 281 074 (0.34%)
|-
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|139 251 (0.16%)
|164 131 (0.19%)
| 186 160 (0.22%)
| 183 567 (0.22%)
| 158 252 (0.19%)
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|115 958 (0.14%)
|114 293 (0.13%)
| 110 453 (0.13%)
| 102 592 (0.12%)
| 92 284 (0.11%)
|-
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|113 762 (0.13%)
|110 349 (0.13%)
| 116 447 (0.14%)
| 123 965 (0.15%)
| 91 218 (0.11%)
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}
|95 924 (0.11%)
|101 164 (0.12%)
| 117 026 (0.14%)
| 128 883 (0.15%)
| 68 561 (0.08%)
|-
|{{flag|Russian Federation}}
|85 752 (0.10%)
|102 585 (0.12%)
| 151 049 (0.18%)
| 66 786 (0.08%)
| 43 679 (0.05%)
|-
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|80 133 (0.09%)
|70 971 (0.08%)
| 68 884 (0.08%)
| 68 562(0.08%)
| 48 495 (0.06%)
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
|72 367 (0.08%)
|79 952 (0.09%)
| 99 360 (0.12%)
| 104 554 (0.12%)
| 88 907 (0.11%)
|-
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|59 132 (0.07%)
|54 594 (0.06%)
| 61 754 (0.07%)
| 71 145 (0.08%)
| 36 510 (0.04%)
|-
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|44 445 (0.05%)
|44 133 (0.05%)
| 45 530 (0.05%)
| 39 454 (0.05%)
| 23 645 (0.03%)
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|35 446 (0.04%)
|40 483 (0.05%)
| 50 357 (0.06%)
| 23 377 (0.03%)
| 17 505 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|28 304 (0.03%)
|28 451 (0.03%)
| 33 040 (0.04%)
| 34 162 (0.04%)
| 25 475 (0.03%)
|-
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|23 802 (0.03%)
|22 477 (0.03%)
| 24 485 (0.03%)
| 26 541 (0.03%)
| 18 019 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|State of Palestine||name=Palestine}}
|23 569 (0.03%)
|21 612 (0.03%)
| 26 278 (0.03%)
| 28 027 (0.03%)
| 17 915 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}
|22 231 (0.03%)
|22 102 (0.03%)
| 21 311 (0.02%)
| 19 900 (0.02%)
| 18 047 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|17 315 (0.02%)
|16 899 (0.02%)
| 16 612 (0.02%)
| 15 426 (0.02%)
| 14 195 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|16 914 (0.02%)
|16 699 (0.02%)
| 18 482 (0.02%)
| 20 520 (0.02%)
| 12 122 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|16 089 (0.02%)
|12 301 (0.01%)
| 11 280 (0.01%)
| 10 219 (0.01%)
| 5 226 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|15 107 (0.02%)
|14 030 (0.02%)
| 16 880 (0.02%)
| 20 486 (0.02%)
| 18 740 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|14 748 (0.02%)
|16 386 (0.02%)
| 19 099 (0.02%)
| 18 094 (0.02%)
| 14 927 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}
|14 496 (0.02%)
|14 164 (0.02%)
| 13 583 (0.02%)
| 12 569 (0.01%)
| 12 137 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|14 386 (0.02%)
|15 734 (0.02%)
| 17 193 (0.02%)
| 16 440 (0.02%)
| 13 985 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|14 384 (0.02%)
|13 903 (0.02%)
| 16 505 (0.02%)
| 17 290 (0.02%)
| 7 248 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|14 343 (0.02%)
|17 098 (0.02%)
| 22 733 (0.03%)
| 23 656 (0.03%)
| 14 260 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Libya}}
|11 644 (0.01%)
|15 621 (0.02%)
| 21 677 (0.03%)
| 24 188 (0.03%)
| 18 607 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Somalia}}
|10 815 (0.01%)
|14 011 (0.02%)
| 20 906 (0.02%)
| 28 081 (0.03%)
| 17 245 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Georgia (country)||name=Georgia}}
|10 725 (0.01%)
|11 851 (0.01%)
| 14 680 (0.02%)
| 19 276 (0.02%)
| 15 661 (0.02%)
|-
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|9 815 (0.01%)
|10 145 (0.01%)
| 12 248 (0.01%)
| 10 698 (0.01%)
| 5 914 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|9 632 (0.01%)
|10 371 (0.01%)
| 11 613 (0.01%)
| 9 538 (0.01%)
| 3 193 (<0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|9 621 (0.01%)
|10 655 (0.01%)
| 12 793 (0.02%)
| 12 773 (0.02%)
| 9 032 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|7 639 (0.01%)
|6 699 (0.01%)
| 4 669 (0.01%)
| 3 092 (<0.01%)
|
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|7 587 (0.01%)
|7 786 (0.01%)
| 8 104 (0.01%)
| 7 686 (0.01%)
| 6 550 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|7 340 (0.01%)
|8 864 (0.01%)
| 12 430 (0.01%)
| 13 242 (0.02%)
| 5 943 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|7 252 (0.01%)
|9 196 (0.01%)
| 12 928 (0.02%)
| 12 920 (0.02%)
| 7 120 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|6 486 (0.01%)
|6 251 (0.01%)
| 7 153 (0.01%)
| 7 965 (0.01%)
| 3 626 (<0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|5 912 (0.01%)
|5 699 (0.01%)
| 6 190 (0.01%)
| 5 498 (0.01%)
| 3 559 (<0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|5 257 (0.01%)
|5 842 (0.01%)
| 6 790 (0.01%)
| 7 546 (0.01%)
| 6 295 (0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|5 105 (0.01%)
|5 172 (0.01%)
| 6 075 (0.01%)
| 6 033 (0.01%)
| 2 961 (<0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|4 237 (<0.01%)
|4 102 (<0.01%)
| 4 526 (0.01%)
| 4 294 (0.01%)
| 3 181 (<0.01%)
|-
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|4 207 (<0.01%)
|4 440 (0.01%)
| 5 169 (0.01%)
| 3 873 (<0.01%)
|
|-
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|3 036 (<0.01%)
|3 724 (<0.01%)
| 6 165 (0.01%)
| 6 633 (0.01%)
| 2 936 (<0.01%)
|-
| colspan="6" |<sup>1: excluding Syrian refugees under temporary protection status and foreigners holding visas or residence permits shorter than 90 days</sup>
|}