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People from abroad in Türkiye, and Türkiye's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 150,782 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Türkiye, from 204 countries of origin; 14,624 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from United States, United Kingdom, Germany.

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Where they come from

United States27,800United Kingdom15,626Germany8,312France7,514India6,388Italy4,769Netherlands3,954Egypt3,910Iran3,864Russian Federation3,808Syria3,587Azerbaijan3,487Other67,745
Country of originPeople
United States27,800
United Kingdom15,626
Germany8,312
France7,514
India6,388
Italy4,769
Netherlands3,954
Egypt3,910
Iran3,864
Russian Federation3,808
Syria3,587
Azerbaijan3,487
Cyprus3,384
Pakistan3,350
Spain2,860
Canada2,828
Romania2,293
Bulgaria2,143
Greece2,076
Ukraine2,053
Poland2,009
Brazil1,964
Australia1,592
Austria1,543
Switzerland1,461
Belgium1,449
Philippines1,412
China1,269
Denmark1,222
Iraq1,160
Mexico1,097
Jordan1,074
Nigeria956
Argentina913
Indonesia894
Sweden859
South Africa858
Algeria848
Portugal793
Czechia775
Other22,610

Industries

Industry is not available for this register.

Türkiye's people abroad

Abroad, 575,987 people from Türkiye are documented in 217 other countries.

United States190,530United Kingdom174,063Germany66,873France36,915Netherlands27,987Switzerland27,371Spain18,567Italy17,512Canada14,952Sweden12,036Belgium12,030Bulgaria11,991Other157,910
Host countryPeople
United States190,530
United Kingdom174,063
Germany66,873
France36,915
Netherlands27,987
Switzerland27,371
Spain18,567
Italy17,512
Canada14,952
Sweden12,036
Belgium12,030
Bulgaria11,991
Georgia8,729
Ukraine8,381
Australia7,576
Poland6,966
Austria6,902
Denmark6,727
Finland6,290
China5,913
United Arab Emirates5,867
India4,922
Japan4,627
Ireland4,485
Czechia4,464
Cyprus4,253
Russian Federation3,985
Hungary3,357
Romania2,869
Singapore2,732
Azerbaijan2,660
Norway2,651
Greece2,535
Saudi Arabia2,524
Brazil2,426
Hong Kong2,296
Portugal2,158
Malta1,967
Slovakia1,902
Mexico1,745
Other36,001

Türkiye's company register lists 3,028,714 officer rows, 101,010 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.05; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).

Some company details from this register are incomplete in the current build; the people counts are not affected.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Türkiye in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Türkiye. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
United States †17,000
Montenegro9,000
Belgium6,700
Canada †4,500
Switzerland2,200
Austria1,900
Hungary770
Georgia770
Greece710
Albania540
Spain †420
Tanzania360
Croatia280
Colombia180
Ukraine140
Nigeria130
South Africa90
Chile80
China40
New Zealand †40
Peru30
Panama †20
Japan20
Mauritius20
Morocco20
Israel20
Indonesia20
Saudi Arabia10
Ghana9
Cambodia9
Isle of Man †8
Jordan †6
Bangladesh6
Kuwait5
Other10

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them France, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Romania, Serbia. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.

Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261103. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.

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