Turkish Americans

Turkish Americans
*Amerikalı Türkler*
	The 27th Annual Turkish Day Parade (2008) in New York
Total population
	230,342 (2016 ACS)a[›] ; More than 1,000,000 (2012 estimate by the former US Commerce Secretary John Bryson)
Regions with significant populations
	New York Metropolitan Area; Massachusetts; New Jersey; North Carolina; Michigan; Wisconsin; Ohio; Illinois; Pennsylvania; Indiana; Florida; Maryland; California; Texas;
Languages
	Turkish; American English;
Religion
	Predominantly Sunni Islam (including practising and non-practising); Minority Alevism, other religions, or irreligious
	^ a: Government immigration figures on the number of Turks in the US are not fully reliable because a considerable number of Turks were born in the Balkans, Cyprus, and other areas of the former Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, there has been more recent Turkish migration waves of Meskhetian Turks from the former USSR.;

Turkish Americans or American Turks are Americans who come from families with ethnic Turkish backgrounds, including Romanlar.

Turkish Americans Media

A group of immigrants, most wearing fezzes, surrounding a large vessel which is decorated with the star and crescent symbol of the Ottoman Empire (1902–1913)
A Turkish immigrant in New York (1912)
A Turkish immigrant leather worker, Yakub Ahmed, celebrates becoming a naturalized American citizen in the 1920s
Turkish workers in Detroit (1923)
Dr. Fuat Umay meeting Turkish American women (1923)
Turkish Americans holding the flags of the United States and Turkey
Turkish Americans dressed in traditional clothing at a Turkish Festival in Washington, D.C.
Turkish Cypriot Americans in New York City supporting recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Meskhetian Turks protesting outside the White House in Washington, D.C.
The Islamic Center of Washington was originally conceived in 1944 when the Turkish ambassador Munir Ertegun died and there was no mosque to hold his funeral in.

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Total population
The 27th Annual Turkish Day Parade (2008) in New York
230,342 (2016 ACS)^a[›]^[1] More than 1,000,000 (2012 estimate by the former US Commerce Secretary John Bryson)
Regions with significant populations
New York Metropolitan Area Massachusetts New Jersey North Carolina Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana Florida Maryland California Texas
Languages
Turkish American English
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam (including practising and non-practising) Minority Alevism, other religions, or irreligious
^ a: Government immigration figures on the number of Turks in the US are not fully reliable because a considerable number of Turks were born in the Balkans, Cyprus, and other areas of the former Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, there has been more recent Turkish migration waves of Meskhetian Turks from the former USSR.^[2]