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Chinese people in Turkey
Summary
Chinese people in Turkey are one the ethnic groups of overseas Chinese living in Central Asia. They consist mainly of Chinese-born expatriates living in Turkey and descendants of Chinese migrants. In 2020, there were 18,740 documented Chinese people living in Turkey. A few hundred Chinese students are enrolled in various Turkish universities. Turkey also hosts approximately 50,000 Uyghur refugees which hail from the Xinjiang Region of North-West China. They have come in large numbers since the early 1950s from the northwestern provinces of China and as part of their migration to the Middle East, many of whom chose to settle down in urban centres of Turkey. Today, they have effectively associated themselves with the local economy and can be seen practicing in various forms of trade. With flowing tourism and investment, Chinese interest in cities such as Istanbul has grown. Dolapdere, a neighbourhood in Istanbul, is now undergoing transformation to become the new Chinatown in the city.
Several people of Chinese origin have moved to Turkey in order to further their table tennis careers and compete internationally for Turkey, including Melek Hu, Cem Zeng, and Bora Vang.
After many centuries of migration from the Chinese state, there has been an emergence of distinct Chinese ethnic diasporas in the Turkish State. Chinese Empires went through phases of trying to synthesise cultures with steppe ethnicities, including Turkic peoples, as they conquered them. This is referred to as the Eurasian Hybrid model. During the Tang Dynasty, the Northern China-Inner Asia borderlands were often contested, with ethnically distinct and autonomous regions. An Lushan, a former provincial governor and half-Turkic military commander for the Tangs, revolted and caused the Tang Dynasty to rely on Uyghur Empire military reinforcements, another Turkic group. The Silk Road was an ancient, international trade route which connected the Ottoman and the Chinese empires for 2000 years. The road spanned from the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an, through Inner Asia, to the modern day Turkey.
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