In 2000 İstanbul’s official population was 9,451,000. Unofficial estimates were at times much higher, reflecting an influx of people from other countries and rural parts of Turkey.
Within the İstanbul metropolitan area, there has been considerable migration from crowded central İstanbul to the Asian side of the Bosporous and also to various suburbs. Bakırköy, located west of Stambul, is İstanbul’s largest suburb.
Like the country at large, İstanbul is inhabited primarily by ethnic Turks who belong to the Sunni sect of Islam (see Sunni Islam).
In recent years, significant numbers of Turks have immigrated to the city from Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Germany, and the Turkic republics of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. There are also very small percentages of Jews and Greek and Armenian Christians.
Turkish is the predominant language spoken.
Within the İstanbul metropolitan area, there has been considerable migration from crowded central İstanbul to the Asian side of the Bosporous and also to various suburbs. Bakırköy, located west of Stambul, is İstanbul’s largest suburb.
Like the country at large, İstanbul is inhabited primarily by ethnic Turks who belong to the Sunni sect of Islam (see Sunni Islam).
In recent years, significant numbers of Turks have immigrated to the city from Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Germany, and the Turkic republics of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. There are also very small percentages of Jews and Greek and Armenian Christians.
Turkish is the predominant language spoken.
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