Back الأتراك في السعودية Arabic Турци в Саудитска Арабия Bulgarian Турки в Саудовской Аравии Russian Suudi Arabistan'daki Türkler Turkish 沙特阿拉伯的土耳其人 Chinese
 A group of Turkish pilgrims at Jabal Thawr to perform umrah | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkish diaspora |
Turks in Saudi Arabia also referred to as Turkish Arabians, Turkish Saudi Arabians, Saudi Arabian Turks, Arabian Turks or Saudi Turks (Turkish: Suudi Arabistan Türkleri, Arabic: الأتراك في السعودية) refers to ethnic Turkish people living in Saudi Arabia. The majority of Arabian Turks descend from Ottoman settlers who arrived in the region during the Ottoman rule of Arabia. Most Ottoman Turkish descendants in Saudi Arabia trace their roots to Anatolia; however, some ethnic Turks also came from the Balkans, Cyprus, the Levant, North Africa and other regions which had significant Turkish communities. In addition to Ottoman settlement policies, Turkish pilgrims to Mecca and Medina often settled down in the area permanently.
There has also been modern migration to Saudi Arabia from the Republic of Turkey as well as other modern nation-states which were once part of the Ottoman Empire.
- ^ Akar, Metin (1993), "Fas Arapçasında Osmanlı Türkçesinden Alınmış Kelimeler", Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7: 94–95
- ^ Harzig, Juteau & Schmitt 2006, 67
- ^ Koslowski 2004, 41.
- ^ Karpat 2004, 12.