Turks in Libya
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(Ottoman-Turkish descendants: 35,000 (about 5% of Libya's population) in 1936[1] Turkish citizens: 25,000[2] Including those of ancestral descent: est. 80,000[3]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tripoli | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
Turks in Libya, also known as Libyan Turks, (Turkish: Libya Türkleri) are the ethnic Turks who live in Libya. During the Ottoman rule of Libya, the Turks colonized and dominated the political life of the region, as a result, the ethnic mix of Libya changed with the migration of Turks from Anatolia and the evolvement of the "Kouloughlis" (also referred to as "Cologhlis"[4]) who are people of mixed Turkish and Maghrebi blood.[5] There has also been a modern wave of migration since 1975 from Turkey.
History
Ottoman migration
When the Ottoman Empire conquered Libya in 1551 the Turks began migrating to the region, as a consequence, many Turkish soldiers married Arab women and their children were known as the "Kouloughlis" (also referred to as the "Cologhla", "Qulaughli" and "Cologhli").[6] By 1936 the Turkish community numbered about 35,000,[1] of which 30,000 lived along the Tripolitanian coast.[6] Today there are still Libyans who regard their ethnicity as Turkish, or acknowledge their descendants to the Turkish soldiers who settled in the area during the Ottoman rule.[7]
Modern migration
Turkish labour migration has traditionally been to European countries within the context of bilateral agreements.[8][9][10]
| Emigration of Turkish workers to Libya[11] | |||||||
| Year | Population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-1973 | 664 | ||||||
| 1974-1980 | 48,457 | ||||||
| 1981-1985 | 106,735 | ||||||
Notable people
- Shaha Riza
- Sadullah Koloğlu, politician[12]
See also
References
- 1 2 Pan 1949, 103.
- ↑ Turkish Weekly. "Turkey Struggles with Chaotic Evacuation of Citizens from Libya". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ Harzig, Juteau & Schmitt 2006, 67.
- ↑ Ahmida 2009, 23.
- ↑ Stone 1997, 29.
- 1 2 Dupree 1958, 41.
- ↑ Malcolm & Losleben 2004, 62.
- ↑ Sirageldin 2003, 236
- ↑ Papademetriou & Martin 1991, 123
- ↑ Ergener 2002, 76
- ↑ Papademetriou & Martin 1991, 120.
- ↑ Milliyet. "Libya'nın ilk Türk başbakanı". Retrieved 09-10-2014. Check date values in:
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Bibliography
- Ahmida, Ali Abdullatif (2009), The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance (Print), Albany, N.Y: SUNY Press, ISBN 1-4384-2891-X.
- Dupree, Louis (1958), "The Non-Arab Ethnic Groups of Libya", Middle East Journal 12 (1): 33–44
- Ergener, Reşit (2002), About Turkey: Geography, Economy, Politics, Religion, and Culture, Pilgrims Process, ISBN 0-9710609-6-7.
- Fuller, Graham E. (2008), The New Turkish Republic: Turkey as a pivotal state in the Muslim world, US Institute of Peace Press, ISBN 1-60127-019-4.
- Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle; Schmitt, Irina (2006), The Social Construction of Diversity: Recasting the Master Narrative of Industrial Nations, Berghahn Books, ISBN 1-57181-376-4.
- Malcolm, Peter; Losleben, Elizabeth (2004), Libya, Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 0-7614-1702-8.
- Pan, Chia-Lin (1949), "The Population of Libya", Population Studies 3 (1): 100–125, doi:10.1080/00324728.1949.10416359
- Papademetriou, Demetrios G.; Martin, Philip L. (1991), The Unsettled Relationship: Labor Migration and Economic Development, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-25463-X.
- Sirageldin, Ismail Abdel-Hamid (2003), Human Capital: Population Economics in the Middle East, American University in Cairo Press, ISBN 977-424-711-6.
- Stone, Martin (1997), The Agony of Algeria, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 1-85065-177-9.
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