Turkish Colombians

Turkish Colombians or Turks in Colombia (Turkish: Türkleri kolombiyalı) are Turkish people who have immigrated to Colombia. The Turkish community is largely made up of immigrants, or the descendants of immigrants, born in the Ottoman Empire before 1923, in the Republic of Turkey since then, or in neighbouring countries once part of the Ottoman Empire that still have some Turkish population. An estimated number of Turks in Colombia is 60,000.

History
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine were territories that belonged to the Ottoman Empire. Most of the immigrants who fled from the repression of the Turkish Ottoman Empire and financial hardships to Colombia, they were classified as Turks due to their passports being issued by the Ottoman Empire and the majority of these immigrants were primarily Maronite Christians and Muslims. Nonetheless, ethnic Turks from the mainland Ottoman Empire immigrated to Colombia with other immigrants from the Middle East such as Sephardic Jews, Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, Armenians, and several Israelis but were not numerous compared to the Arabs who escaped persecution and religious beliefs in larger numbers. Despite this, they quickly integrated into the Colombian society by introducing Turkish culture and language in the country.

Culture
According to the National University of Colombia, the Turkish language is an academic context for students who are motivated to learn the language.