Turks in India

Turks in India
Hindistan'daki Türkler (Turkish)
Total population
	2000+ (Turkish as mother tongue)[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
	Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat
Languages
	Turkish;
Religion
	Islam

Turks in India are ethnic Turkish people living in India. They are very small in number, and are mostly recent immigrants from Turkey. In the 1961 census, 58 people stated that their mother tongue was Turkish.^[1] According to the 1911 census, 1778 residents of India stated their place of birth as Turkey.^[2] In a state visit during early 2010, Prime Minister Abdullah Gül of Turkey met Turkish expatriates living in India and handed out Hindi-Turkish dictionaries to Turkish students in New Delhi.^[3]

References

^ Census India 1961. "Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
^ Census India 2001. "Population Classified by Place of Birth and Sex" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.
^ "India Exclusive". Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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[1] Census India 1961. "Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census". Retrieved 2009-03-19.

[2001Census-2] Census India 2001. "Population Classified by Place of Birth and Sex" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.

[3] "India Exclusive". Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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