Religion
See also: Religion in Austria and Islam in AustriaSince the Ottoman Empire advanced towards Central Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Muslims have been present in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. After 1730, a community of Muslim merchants was established in Vienna. Furthermore, a Turkish ambassador resided in Vienna, and the Ottoman Empire's embassy hosted a mosque and an imam.
Islam in Austria has now become dominated by Turks, since labour immigration started during the 1960s, reaching its peak during the following decade. The census in 1981 showed a total of 77,000 residents- of these, 53,000 were Turks. Over the next two decades, the Muslim population grew to 300,000 which consisted of 140,000 Turkish nationals, with most of the rest being Bosniaks.
Naturalisation of Turkish citizens: | |||||||
Year | Population | Year | Population | ||||
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1995 | 3,201 | 2002 | 12,623 | ||||
1996 | 7,492 | 2003 | 13,665 | ||||
1997 | 5,064 | 2004 | 13,004 | ||||
1998 | 5,664 | 2005 | 9,545 | ||||
1999 | 10,324 | 2006 | 7,542 | ||||
2000 | 6,720 | 2007 | 2,076 | ||||
2001 | 10,046 | 2008 | 1,664 |
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