The Israeli Turkmen,[2] neutrally referred to as the Turks in Israel are the descendants of ethnic Turkish and other Oghuz Turkic peoples who have had a long-established presence in the region.
Israeli Turkmen
İsrail Türkmenleri
Flag of Israeli Turkmen, also used to represent ethnic Turks in the Levant as a whole
israeli, turkmen, neutrally, referred, turks, israel, descendants, ethnic, turkish, other, oghuz, turkic, peoples, have, long, established, presence, region, israil, türkmenleriflag, also, used, represent, ethnic, turks, levant, wholetotal, populationturkish, . The Israeli Turkmen 2 neutrally referred to as the Turks in Israel are the descendants of ethnic Turkish and other Oghuz Turkic peoples who have had a long established presence in the region Israeli TurkmenIsrail TurkmenleriFlag of Israeli Turkmen also used to represent ethnic Turks in the Levant as a wholeTotal populationTurkish minority unknown Turkish citizens only 22 000 2007 1 Regions with significant populationsHistorically Jezreel Valley regionGolan HeightsLanguagesTurkishReligionMajority Sunni Islam and Minority JudaismRelated ethnic groupsSyrian Turkmen Lebanese Turkmen Turkish Jews in IsraelMigration of Turkish settlers to the Levant began in the 12th century and continued throughout the Mamluk and Ottoman rule 2 In the early 2000s Turkish workers from the Republic of Turkey settled in Israel working predominantly on construction projects 3 Contents 1 Diaspora 2 See also 3 References 4 BibliographyDiaspora editDuring and after the 1947 1949 Palestine war some Turkmen fled the region and settled in Jordan Syria and Lebanon 4 During the British mandate of Palestine the Turk tribes like Bani Saidan and Bani Alaqama lived mostly in the Jezreel Valley region and up until the Israeli conquest in 1967 Turkmen tribes lived in the Golan Heights 2 See also editArkadas Association Circassians in Israel Israel Turkey relations Turkish Jews in Israel Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman EmpireReferences edit Council of Europe 2007 131 a b c Suwaed 2015 237 Drori 2009 9 Suwaed 2015 121 Bibliography editCouncil of Europe 2007 Parliamentary Assembly Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22 26 January 2007 Council of Europe ISBN 978 92 871 6191 8 Drori Israel 2009 Foreign Workers in Israel Global Perspectives SUNY Press ISBN 978 0 7914 7689 5 Suwaed Muhammad 2015 Turkmen Israeli Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 978 1442254510 nbsp This Israel related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Israeli Turkmen amp oldid 1182012402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
