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Iranians in Türkiye: a history

Türkiye has been a transit country since 1979, and a place of waiting for refugees in cities such as Denizli, Kayseri and Eskişehir.

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Iranians in Türkiye: a history

Türkiye has been a transit country since 1979, and a place of waiting for refugees in cities such as Denizli, Kayseri and Eskişehir.

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ایسه
آکادمی126 دوره، هنی هیچ کدوم سی نوم‌نویسی واز نیئهمدنی3 کارزار، 5 برنومهمیراث116 روز سی نگه داشتن، 40 نوشتهٔ گاهشمارخبرا88 منبع تأییدوابیه، رویداد تأییدوابیه هنی نیئهشاخه‌یامینه شکل گرتن. هنی هیچ کدوم وا رسمیت شناخته نوابیه

History

Residence permits are counted by citizenship, so Iranian citizens are partly visible.

The account

ترکیه

Türkiye has been a transit country since 1979, and a place of waiting for refugees in cities such as Denizli, Kayseri and Eskişehir. Asylum seekers include LGBTQ+ people and Christian converts. Iranian residents and investors live in Istanbul and Ankara, and about 30,000 Iranian students were reported in 2024 (to verify). Hundreds of thousands of crossings were reported during the 2026 war (to verify). Refusals of residence renewals were reported to rise in 2026 (to verify).

This history is being expanded. Each claim gets its citation as it is reviewed.

How people arrived

2 waves
  1. 01
    Transit since 1979
  2. 02
    Residence and study 2010s to 2020s

Figures

Figures are shown with their measure, year and source. They are never added together across different measures.

Born in Iran (stock)

2024
199,735
سنجه
born in Iran (stock)
سال
2024
منبع
UN DESA ذخیرهٔ مهاجرا بین‌المللی 2024
وضعیت
تأیید بیده
وارسی کو، منبع اضافه کو یا گزارش بده
کمک کو ای عدد بپاییم

بعدش چه مئه. یه نگهبان یادداشتتو مخونه و منبع وارسی مکنه. بلگه تنی بعد ز او عوض مئه. نوم تو نمئاره.

Iranian citizens

2024
about 96,000
سنجه
Iranian citizens
سال
2024
منبع
Turkish government data via bpb
وضعیت
دست دوم
وارسی کو، منبع اضافه کو یا گزارش بده
کمک کو ای عدد بپاییم

بعدش چه مئه. یه نگهبان یادداشتتو مخونه و منبع وارسی مکنه. بلگه تنی بعد ز او عوض مئه. نوم تو نمئاره.

Sources

Each figure keeps the measure, year, source and label the page gives it.

Sources

2 sources