Number of Armenian citizens living in Turkey drops by 30% in 2020

Panorama, Armenia

Feb 5 2021

The recent figures released by Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) show that the number of foreigners who immigrated to Turkey in 2020 shrank by 13%. As of January 2021, the foreign population who immigrated to Turkey stood at 1,333 million, 197,770 fewer than in the previous year, Ermenihaber reported.

Among foreign immigrants, Iraqis once again ranked first, with 281 thousand, followed by Afghans and Germans – 158 thousand and 92 thousand, respectively.

Turkmens, Syrians, Iranians and Azerbaijanis. are among top ranked foreigners by size living in Turkey.

The data found that the total number of Armenian citizens living in Turkey stood at 1257 people in 2020, dropping by some 30% to compare with the data of 2019.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS