The Distribution of Turkish Population in London

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Turkish migrants, which are in the diverse area of the world, has special and unique experience due to the attitudes of host countries and the process of migration. In this context, Turkish community in London has greatly different features in the respect of both other migrant communities in United Kingdom and Turkish migrants in other European countries. Turkish population in London intensify in the districts of North London such as Enfield, Haringey, Hackney and Islington, and this region is called “The Small Turkey” due to having so many labour spaces owned by Turkish people such as markets, kebap shops and restaurants, and due to the number of social and cultural spaces such as organizations, coffee houses, schools, mosques, cemevis that Turkish people frequent. Even if the region has some features of both the homeland and the host country, it is a unique and distinctive place. Thus, my first aim in this paper is to describe the places belong to Turkish people in London, and to examine what makes the region distinctive and to informbriefly the history of Turkish migration and Turkish population in London.

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Turkish migration , population , distribution

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education