Editing Demographics of Lebanon (section)

===Turks===
{{Main|Turks in Lebanon}}

The [[Turkish people]] began to migrate to Lebanon once the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] sultan [[Selim I]] conquered the region in 1516. Turks were encouraged to stay in Lebanon by being rewarded with land and money.<ref>{{citation|last=Orhan|first=Oytun|year=2010|url=http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/enUploads/Article/Files/2010110_sayi11_eng_web.pdf|title=The Forgotten Turks: Turkmens of Lebanon|publisher=ORSAM|page=7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181832/http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/enUploads/Article/Files/2010110_sayi11_eng_web.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> Today the Turkish minority numbers approximately 80,000.<ref name=Al-Akhbar>{{cite web|author=Al-Akhbar|title=Lebanese Turks Seek Political and Social Recognition|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-turks-seek-political-and-social-recognition|access-date=2012-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232105/https://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-turks-seek-political-and-social-recognition|archive-date=2018-06-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moreover, since the [[Syrian Civil War]], approximately 125,000 to 150,000 [[Syrian Turkmen]] refugees arrived in [[Lebanon]], and hence they now outnumber the long established Turkish minority who settled since the Ottoman era.<ref>{{citation|last=Ahmed|first=Yusra|year=2015|title=Syrian Turkmen refugees face double suffering in Lebanon|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/11837.html|publisher=Zaman Al Wasl|access-date= 11 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Syrian Observer|year=2015|title=Syria's Turkmen Refugees Face Cruel Reality in Lebanon|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/Features/29920/Syria_Turkmen_Refugees_Face_Cruel_Reality_Lebanon|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011055226/http://syrianobserver.com/EN/Features/29920/Syria_Turkmen_Refugees_Face_Cruel_Reality_Lebanon|url-status=dead}}</ref>