Country: Turkey

Number of People Groups

People Groups Unreached

Total Population

76,296,000

Unreached Population

75,938,000

% Professing Christian

0.3%

% Evangelical

0.0 %

Largest Religion

Islam (96.5%)

Official Language

Turkish

10/40 Window

Yes

Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion	% Professing Christian	% Evangelical
Abaza	12,000	67,000	1.1 ◉	Abaza	Islam ☪ Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %
Abkhaz	44,000	60,000	1.1 ◉	Abkhaz	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Adyghe	320,000	666,000	1.1 ◉	Adyghe	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Alawite	506,000	2,565,000	1.1 ◉	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Albanian, Tosk	67,000	2,637,000	2.2 ◉	Albanian, Tosk	Islam ☪ Islam	30.0 %	0.6 %
Americans, U.S.	7,600	186,762,000	3.2 ◉	English	Christianity Christianity	77.0 %	29.0 %
Arab, Iraqi	102,000	16,368,000	1.2 ◉	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam ☪ Islam	0.5 %	0.2 %
Arab, Lebanese	1,146,000	10,561,000	1.2 ◉	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam ☪ Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %
Arab, North Iraqi	526,000	8,443,000	1.2 ◉	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam ☪ Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %
Armenian, Ermeni	61,000	6,188,000	3.2 ◉	Armenian	Christianity Christianity	94.0 %	8.0 %
Assyrian	26,000	705,000	3.1 ◉	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Christianity Christianity	95.0 %	2.9 %
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	546,000	18,550,000	1.1 ◉	Azerbaijani, South	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Yoruk	423,000	425,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Bosniak	102,000	3,170,000	1.1 ◉	Bosnian	Islam ☪ Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %
British	35,000	49,252,000	3.2 ◉	English	Christianity Christianity	61.0 %	8.0 %
Bulgarian	7,000	7,150,000	2.2 ◉	Bulgarian	Christianity Christianity	80.0 %	1.9 %
Chechen	102,000	1,587,000	1.1 ◉	Chechen	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Deaf	-1 Unknown	0	1.1 ◉	Turkish Sign Language	Islam ☪ Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %
Dutch	1,500	13,610,000	3.2 ◉	Dutch	Christianity Christianity	92.0 %	7.7 %
French	3,900	41,867,000	2.2 ◉	French	Christianity Christianity	63.0 %	1.0 %
Gajal, Gadzhal	17,000	17,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Georgian	152,000	3,650,000	1.2 ◉	Georgian	Islam ☪ Islam	3.0 %	0.5 %
German	6,100	64,735,000	3.1 ◉	German, Standard	Christianity Christianity	65.0 %	2.1 %
Greek	3,700	10,824,000	2.2 ◉	Greek	Christianity Christianity	91.0 %	0.4 %
Gypsy, Domari	32,000	3,365,000	1.2 ◉	Domari	Islam ☪ Islam	1.0 %	0.2 %
Han Chinese, Mandarin	38,000	860,021,000	3.2 ◉	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious Non-Religious	6.0 %	5.7 %
Hemshin	20,000	20,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Herki	39,000	98,000	1.1 ◉	Kurdish, Northern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %
Hertevin	1,200	1,200	2.1 ◉	Hertevin	Christianity Christianity	100.0 %	0.0 %
Hungarian	800	11,686,000	3.1 ◉	Hungarian	Christianity Christianity	89.0 %	2.8 %
Italian	1,700	39,354,000	2.2 ◉	Italian	Christianity Christianity	83.0 %	1.1 %
Jew, Spanish	15,000	58,000	1.1 ◉	Ladino	Ethnic Religions E Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %
Jew, Turkish	5,000	48,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Ethnic Religions E Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %
Kabardian	1,074,000	1,752,000	1.1 ◉	Kabardian	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Karakalpak	74,000	696,000	1.1 ◉	Karakalpak	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Kazakh, Qazaqi	7,700	14,095,000	1.2 ◉	Kazakh	Islam ☪ Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %
Kumyk	1,500	417,000	1.1 ◉	Kumyk	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Kurd, Kurmanji	8,217,000	14,778,000	1.1 ◉	Kurdish, Northern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Kurd, Turkish-Speaking	5,947,000	5,947,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Kyrgyz	1,500	4,737,000	1.2 ◉	Kyrgyz	Islam ☪ Islam	5.0 %	0.7 %
Laz, Lazuri	94,000	96,000	1.2 ◉	Laz	Islam ☪ Islam	2.0 %	0.2 %
Lezgian	3,000	691,000	1.1 ◉	Lezgi	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Macedonian	32,000	2,086,000	2.2 ◉	Macedonian	Christianity Christianity	65.0 %	0.2 %
Ossete	37,000	597,000	2.2 ◉	Ossetic	Islam ☪ Islam	6.0 %	0.3 %
Persian	624,000	34,571,000	1.2 ◉	Persian, Iranian	Islam ☪ Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %
Pomak	355,000	460,000	1.2 ◉	Bulgarian	Islam ☪ Islam	2.0 %	0.4 %
Pontic Greek	324,000	734,000	1.1 ◉	Pontic	Islam ☪ Islam	5.0 %	0.0 %
Romani, Balkan	67,000	1,287,000	1.2 ◉	Romani, Balkan	Islam ☪ Islam	4.5 %	0.5 %
Romanian	1,500	22,037,000	3.2 ◉	Romanian	Christianity Christianity	97.0 %	5.4 %
Russian	6,900	129,028,000	2.2 ◉	Russian	Christianity Christianity	68.0 %	1.2 %
Serb	4,600	10,776,000	2.2 ◉	Serbian	Christianity Christianity	80.0 %	0.6 %
Shikaki	24,000	51,000	1.1 ◉	Kurdish, Northern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo	15,000	117,000	2.2 ◉	Turoyo	Christianity Christianity	88.0 %	0.9 %
Tatar	26,000	6,316,000	1.1 ◉	Tatar	Islam ☪ Islam	0.5 %	0.0 %
Tatar, Crimean	101,000	587,000	1.1 ◉	Crimean Tatar	Islam ☪ Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %
Turk	53,485,000	57,984,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Turk, Meskhetian	20,000	164,000	1.1 ◉	Turkish	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Turkmen, Turkoman	1,500	9,240,000	1.1 ◉	Turkmen	Islam ☪ Islam	1.5 %	0.0 %
Urdu	22,000	1,682,000	1.1 ◉	Urdu	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Uyghur	800	11,907,000	1.1 ◉	Uyghur	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Uzbek, Southern	3,800	3,095,000	1.2 ◉	Uzbek, Southern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %
Yazidi	3,000	668,000	1.1 ◉	Kurdish, Northern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Zaza-Alevi	186,000	216,000	1.1 ◉	Zazaki, Northern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Zaza-Dimli	1,167,000	1,167,000	1.1 ◉	Zazaki, Southern	Islam ☪ Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %
Totals: 64	76,296,000	44 ◉				0.3 %	0.0 %
Unclassified / Other Individuals:	107,000
UN Country Population (2015)	76,403,000

Other reported groups: 3

Turkey – Other / Very Small Groups

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Chaldean, Neo-Aramaic	300	2.2 ◉	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	Christianity Christianity
Estonian	-1 Unknown	3.2 ◉	Estonian	Christianity Christianity
Lak, Laki	400	1.1 ◉	Lak	Islam ☪ Islam
Totals: 3

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.0 %
Christianity (Evangelical 0.0 %)	0.3 %
Ethnic Religions	0.0 %
Hinduism	0.0 %
Islam	96.5 %
Non-Religious	3.1 %
Other / Small Religions	0.0 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	5.2 %
Independent	1.9 %
Orthodox	71.3 %
Other Christian	1.4 %
Protestant	4.7 %
Roman Catholic	13.8 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the People Group who lives in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by People Group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Turkey. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Turkey
Christian ministry in Turkey
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches