Total population | |
---|---|
5,500 [1] | |
Languages | |
Tagalog · other languages of the Philippines · English · Turkish | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Overseas Filipinos |
There were 5,500 Filipinos in Turkey as of 2008, according to estimates by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas and the Philippine embassy in Ankara. [1] Out of those, most are recorded as maids and "overseas workers" employed in households of diplomatic communities and elite Turkish families. [2] Moreover, ten percent or approximately 500 Filipinos in Turkey are skilled workers and professionals working as engineers, architects, doctors and teachers. [2] Most of the Filipinos reside in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya and nearby surrounding areas. [1]