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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Turks of Saudi Arabia

The Turks of Saudi Arabia, numbering approximately 37,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a people of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Eastern Thrace whose culture reflects the blending of Turkic, Anatolian, Islamic, Mediterranean, Balkan, Caucasian, and Middle Eastern influences They are an Diaspora people, with Turk as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Turkic people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Turkish.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Saudi Arabia
People Cluster: Turkic
Primary Language(s): Turkish (tur)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 37,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011937
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Turkish
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Turkish Speakers

Media Resources in Turkish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Turkish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Halk Dilinde 2012✓✓
Kutsal Kitap 2009✓✓
New Turkish Bible Translation✓
Yeni Antlaşma 1987, 1994✓✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Turkish bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Turks of Saudi Arabia

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
readPsalm 23:3

Pray for believers to go and share the gospel with others here. Ask that God will restore their souls and lead them in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Turk Across Countries (ROP3 - 113818) reported in the following countries:

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27 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TurksPG006409TurksPakistan2,500Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011823TurksLebanon6,300Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000723TurksBosnia and Herzegovina9,800Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG048012TurksKosovo13,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG049408TurksNorway21,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG043491TurksCanada30,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011937TurksSaudi Arabia37,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG050665TurksItaly40,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG050497TurksUnited Arab Emirates44,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000902TurksRomania56,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011515TurksEgypt57,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000576TurksSweden58,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG008077TurksAustralia59,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG042466TurksUnited Kingdom62,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000859TurksNorth Macedonia69,500Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000073TurksBelgium83,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG024299TurksKazakhstan92,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000099TurksDenmark107,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000606TurksSwitzerland137,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG046495TurksUnited States147,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
Rumelian TurksPG046763Rumelian TurksGreece161,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000046TurksAustria227,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000204TurksFrance394,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000744TurksBulgaria508,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000444TurksNetherlands760,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000274TurksGermany2,205,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG024593TurksTurkiye64,130,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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