Turks in
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
() form one of the country's smaller minority groups. When Turkish labour migration to
Germany
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subsided in the mid-1970s, Turkish migrants began to migrate to Arab oil countries, especially
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
and
Iraq
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as well as Qatar. The Turkish government supported labour migration via Turkish construction companies in the
Gulf Cooperation Council
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states. Over 90% of Turkish immigrants in Qatar are employed.
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Qatar–Turkey relations
The Qatar, State of Qatar and the Turkey, Republic of Turkey established bilateral relations, bilateral relations in 1972. There has been ongoing cooperation and dialogue in regional and international issues since the 2010s, particularly in the Sy ...
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Turkish diaspora
The Turkish diaspora ( or ''Türk gurbetçiler'') refers to ethnic Turkish people who have migrated from, or are the descendants of migrants from, the Republic of Turkey, Northern Cyprus or other modern nation-states that were once part of the f ...
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Immigration to Qatar
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Turks in Kuwait
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Turks in Lebanon
Lebanese Turkmen (; , ''Atrāk Lubnān''), also known as the Lebanese Turks or Lebanese Turkish people are people of Turkish ancestry that live in Lebanon. The historic rule of several Turkic dynasties in the region saw continuous Turkish migra ...
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Turks in Saudi Arabia
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Turks in the United Arab Emirates
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Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
Ethnic groups in Qatar
Qatari people of Turkish descent