Video
Podcasts
Blogs
Turkish
 |
|
|
The Turkish Community in Australia Arrival Large scale immigration to Australia began in the late 1960s. The book The Australian People (edited by James Jupp and published by Angus and Robertson, 1988), notes only 116 Turks were living in Australia just after the end of the Second World War. However, in 1968, Australia and Turkey signed a special agreement to establish an assisted migration program. It came into being at a time of intense debate about the White Australia Policy and as the government was considering looking for new source-countries for prospective migrants. During the life of the agreement, most of the Turkish-speaking migrants who arrived in Australia were from Anatolia. Settlement With rapid and sustained migration under the program, came the establishment of community organisations. By 1984 there were almost fifty groups supporting the Turkish community. Nowadays, it's estimated almost 30,000 Turkish-born people live in Australia and figures from the 1996 Census put the number of Turkish speakers at more than 46,000. Many come from Cyprus. An important factor in the maintenance of Turkish language and culture has been the establishment of Islamic and Koranic studies at special schools and local mosques and a strong media. Community Contacts There are many organisations within Australia's Turkish-speaking community. Here are some of them. Australian Turkish Association Phone: +61 3 9583 4744 ata@chariot.net.au Australia Alevi Community Council Phone: +61 3 9354 8154 Australian Friendly Turkish Women's Association Phone: +61 3 9302 3326 Australian Turkish Cultural Platform Phone: +61 401 385 606 Australian Turkish Cypriot Cultural and Welfare Association Inc. Phone: +61 3 9366 3683 Australia Gallipoli Friendship Society www.ausgallipoli.com Australian Turkish University Students Association Phone: +61 431 641 642 www.atusa.org Australian Western Thrace Turks Phone: +61 3 9510 4889 Meadow Heights Turkish Women's Association Phone: +61 410 160 053 Moreland Turkish Association Phone: +61 409 439 839 Thomastown Turkish Women's Recreation Phone: +61 3 9465 1098 Victorian Turkish Teachers Association Phone: +61 411 159 498 NSW Council of Turkish Association Phone: +61 2 9649 7502 Association of Australia Turkish Women's Helping Hand Phone: +61 2 9531 2469 NSW Turkish Educational and Cultural Association Phone: +61 2 9749 4012 Academy of Turkish Music and Fine Arts Phone: +61 416 100 797 Turkish Association of South Australia Phone: +61 422 420 003 Turkish Association of Western Australia Phone: +61 439 988 053 Recommended Websites News BBC Turkish Deutsche Welle Turkish ausTurkiye Official Websites Turkish Embassy Canberra Community Institutions 40 Years of Migration to Australia Australian Turkish Cultural Platform |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About SBS | Feedback © 2002 Special Broadcasting Service Terms and Conditions | Privacy | Disclaimer |