Turks in Austria - Religion

Religion

See also: Religion in Austria and Islam in Austria

Since 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
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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