Türken#

Turks: From the 1960s onwards Turkish migrants came to Austria to find employment here. Around 118,000 Turks were living in Austria in 1991, 6,200 Austrians gave Turkish as their first language. 90% of the Turks are Muslims, mainly Sunnites belonging to the school of law of Hanafis. The majority of the Turks living in Austria are between 20 and 40 years old, 40% are women. The life of Turks in Austria is strongly influenced by Turkish culture, but their way of living depends on whether they come from rural areas or big cities, and on the religious, political and ethnic group they belong to. There are many racially, culturally and religious distinct groups and several ethnic and religious minorities (e.g. the Kurds of Anatolia and the Alevites). The Turks in Austria speak New (Ottoman) Turkish (introduced in 1923).

Literature#