London population size: 250,000
English level: moderate to fluent
Generation: 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Main language: Turkish
Main faith: Muslim
- Most Turkish Cypriots were recruited from overseas to work in factories in the 190s and came to the UK with British Citizenship.
- They settled in communities and shared accommodation, then moved and settled into areas of North London. Most Turkish Cypriots in London will be second and third generation living in the borough of Enfield.
- Turks from Turkey and Kurdish Turks are more recent to the UK and settle mainly in the borough of Haringey. They live in closed communities and have low levels of spoken English and literacy.
Areas of London: Haringey and Enfield