Turks in Jordan, also known as Turkish Jordanians or Jordanian Turks ( tr, Ürdün Türkleri), are people of
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
ancestry living in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. These people have had a thriving presence in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
since the rule of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. Today, there is a minority of about 60,000 people in the country who are the descendants of the
Ottoman-Turkish immigrants.
In addition to this, there are also 8,262
Turkish citizens who are recent migrants to
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
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Notable people
*Lara Abdallat
Lara Abdallat (born 1981 or 1982) is a Jordanian activist, hacker, and former beauty queen.
She was crowned Miss Jordan in 2010 and was the first runner-up in the Miss Arab beauty contest in 2011.
Her online activism began following the releas ...
, winner of Miss Jordan
Miss Jordan ( ar, ملكة جمال الأردن) was a national Beauty pageant in Jordan.
History
Miss Jordan was founded in 1959 and organized by Jihad Magazine under the directorship of John Halabi. It was an annual event held with the patrona ...
2010 ( Turkish Syrian mother)
*Rania Al-Abdullah
Rania Al-Abdullah ( ar, رانيا العبد الله, ; born Rania Al-Yassin, 31 August 1970) is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II.
Rania was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She received her bachelor's degree in busines ...
, Queen of Jordan
This is a list of the women who have been queen consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since the emirate was elevated to the status of a kingdom in 1949. As all monarchs of Jordan have been required by law to be male, there has never been ...
(maternal Turkish grandfather)
*Muhanna Al-Dura
Mohanna Durra ( ar, مهنا دره), , (1938 – 24 January 2021) was a Jordanian painter widely regarded as a pioneer of the Jordanian Arts Movement and for being the first to introduce Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts com ...
, painter (Turkish mother)
* Ahmet Düverioğlu, basketball player (Turkish mother)
*Zein Al-Sharaf Talal
Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil ( ar, زين الشرف بنت جميل; 2 August 1916 – 26 April 1994) was the Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Talal. Queen Zein was the mother of King Hussein.
Family
She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, into a fami ...
, Queen of Jordan
This is a list of the women who have been queen consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since the emirate was elevated to the status of a kingdom in 1949. As all monarchs of Jordan have been required by law to be male, there has never been ...
(Turkish Cypriot
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...
origin)Prince Mired bin Ra'ad
Prince Mired bin Ra'ad bin Zeid ( ar, مرعد بن رعد بن زيد; born June 11, 1965) is the second son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria.
Early life
Mired bin Ra'ad is the second son of Prince Ra'ad bin Z ...
, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid
Fahrelnissa Zeid (, ''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa''; 7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns as well as her drawings, lithographs, and sculptu ...
*Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad
Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad bin Zeid al-Hussein ( ar, زيد ابن رعد الحسين; born 26 January 1964) is a Jordanian former diplomat who is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvan ...
, grandson of the Turkish painter Fahrelnissa Zeid
Fahrelnissa Zeid (, ''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa''; 7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns as well as her drawings, lithographs, and sculptu ...
See also
*Turkish minorities in the former Ottoman Empire The Turkish minorities/communities in the former Ottoman Empire refers to ethnic Turks, who are the descendants of Ottoman-Turkish settlers from Anatolia and Eastern Thrace, living outside of the modern borders of the Republic of Turkey and in the ...
*Turks in the Arab world
The Turks in the Arab world refers to ethnic Turkish people who live in the Arab World. There are significant Turkish populations scattered throughout North Africa, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula.
In Libya, some groups identify themselves ...
References
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Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
Ethnic groups in Jordan
Middle Eastern diaspora in Jordan