Arab-Turks
 The Turkish Ottoman Empire took over many Arab countries | |
| Total population | |
| ≈800,000 (1-1.5% of Turkey) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Turkey, Arab world | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic, Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni; Alawite) Christianity (Orthodox) Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Turks |
Arab-Turks (Arabic: العرب الإتراك, Turkish: Türk Araplar) are people who are of both mixed Arab and Turkish ethnic or cultural background. An estimated 1% of Turkey’s population has Arab ancestry.
History[edit]
Pre-Islamic times[edit]
Arabs presence in Anatolia dates back to the Hellenistic period. The Arab Abgarids ruled the Kingdom of Osroene, with its capital being Edessa (Modern day Urfa). The Arabs presence in Edessa dates back to 49 AD.[1] Pliny the Elder called Arabs the natives of Osroene and called the region Arabia.[2] In Tektek Mountains, Arabs made it the seat of the governors of 'Arab.[3]
Islamic times[edit]
The Rashidun Caliphate led many successful campaigns in the Levant that lead to the fall of the Ghassanids. The last Ghassanid king Jabalah ibn al-Aiham with as many as 30,000 Arab followers managed to avoid the punishment of the Caliph Umar by escaping to the domains of the Byzantine Empire.[4] King Jabalah ibn al-Aiham established a government-in-exile in Constantinople[5] and lived in Anatolia until his death in 645. Anatolia later became the main battlefield for the Arab-Byzantine wars. Among those Arabs who were killed in the wars was Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Ayyub was buried at the walls of Constantinople. Centuries later, after the Ottomans took the city, a tomb above Abu Ayyub's grave was constructed and a mosque built by the name of Eyüp Sultan Mosque. From that point on, the area became known as the locality of Eyup by the Ottoman officials. In the 7th century, some Arab tribes settled in the region of Al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), that partially encompasses Southeastern Turkey. Among those tribes are the Banu Bakr, Mudar, Rabi'ah ibn Nizar and Banu Taghlib.
Today[edit]
An estimated 1-1.5% of Turks in Turkey are of some type of Arab ancestry.[6] Since 2010, nearly 5 million Arab refugees, mainly from Syria and Iraq, have came to Turkey.[7] The Grey Wolves have targeted this group and they don’t view them as Turks.[8] Protests against Arab refugees also fueled the tensions.[9] Majority of Arab-Turks follow Islam, while a significant minority of them are Orthodox Christians, from marriages between Turkish Christians and Arab Christians, or from interfaith marriages with Muslims.[10] A small minority of Arab-Turks follow Judaism and come from Jewish Arab and Jewish Turk marriages.[11] Arab Jews are Mizrahi while Turkish Jews are Sephardi.[12]
See also[edit]
- Arabs
- Turks
- Arab-Persians
- Arab-Kurds
- Arab-Berber
References[edit]
- ↑ Retso, Jan; Retsö, Jan (2003). The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7007-1679-1. Search this book on
- ↑ MacAdam, Henry Innes; Munday, Nicholas J. (1983). "Cicero's Reference to Bostra (AD Q. FRAT. 2. 11. 3)". Classical Philology. 78 (2): 131–136. doi:10.1086/366769. JSTOR 269718. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Drijvers, Han J. W.; Healey, John F. (1999). Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11284-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Origins of the Islamic State", a translation from the Arabic of the "Kitab Futuh al-Buldha of Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri", trans. by P. K. Hitti and F. C. Murgotten, Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, LXVIII (New York, Columbia University Press,1916 and 1924), I, 207-211
- ↑ Ghassan Resurrected, Yasmine Zahran 2006, p. 13
- ↑ https://visitlocalturkey.com/are-turkish-arabs/
- ↑ "Total Persons of Concern by Country of Asylum". data2. UNHCR. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/07/22/antisyrian-protests-sign-of-growing-tensions-in-southern-turkey
- ↑ https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hundreds-march-against-syrian-refugees-69122
- ↑ https://www.bpb.de/apuz/31141/christen-in-der-islamischen-welt
- ↑ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/israels-vibrant-jewish-ethnic-mix/
- ↑ https://www.oecd.org/migration/integration-indicators-2012/keyindicatorsbycountry/name,218335,en.htm
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