Why are there so many Turks in N. London?

scorza · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:37

Just curious like. Visited my sister's today who lives in Stoke Newington and realised that by far the biggest ethnic group that lives there are Turks. I mean, it's clear why there are so many black, Pakistani and Indian immigrants cos of the empire etc - but Turkey was never in the empire, and historically we've had few close ties with them, even fought against 'em in 2 world wars. Turkey ain't part of the EU either, and I think there were loads of Turks in North London before the EU was conceived, so why the mass migration here?

Just to be clear, I'm not having a pop at immigrants here, just curious as to why they decided to come here?

TheCenturion · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:41

i live in north london, being indian, haven't seen many turks around

Peter Diffey · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:42

Because Turkey is ****?

Azagoth · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:43

I don't know, why are there so many Turks in N. London?

Viper² · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:43

Because they have nice Kebab's.

Iraklis F.C. · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:44

you wait till they get into EU , loads more to come...by the millions

Rybo89 · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:44

because the southerners love there greasy food?

Will_3rd · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:46

UK is a soft touch, besides people like kebabs.

Much worse in The Netherlands/Germany they are bloomin' everywhere and they cause real problems.

scorza · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:51

Rybo89 said:
because the southerners love there greasy food?

You ain't too far wrong. Ironically, the best Full English breakfast I've ever had was at a Turkish greasy spoon near my sisters

Fothsn · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:57

Its where the money is at, England and the UK is such easy picking. £££££

Haircut · 13 Sep 2008 at 21:02

Viper² said:
Because they have nice Kebab's.

I'm sceptical of that.
Since I've lived in London all the kebabs I've had (except for one place near London Bridge, which has since closed) have been crap and the ones up north have been so much better.

Saying that, I've eaten at Tas (Turkish restaurant chain) several times and that's always been good.

Sankari · 13 Sep 2008 at 21:03

scorza said:
Why are there so many Turks in N. London?

Because there's an excellent train service from Birmingham.

gillywibble · 13 Sep 2008 at 21:56

I don't know, but I know most of their names.

Millwall.FC · 13 Sep 2008 at 22:10

lets be honest english poeple are the smallest ethnic group in london by far.

Rybo89 · 13 Sep 2008 at 22:10

Evangelion said:
Because there's an excellent train service from Birmingham.

lol

But your wrong they mainly have the other unwanted verity.Im just glad there trains go straight past my town!

[FnG]magnolia · 13 Sep 2008 at 22:40

THE DAILY MAIL TELLS ME THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE BAD

Duke · 13 Sep 2008 at 22:49

HarryPainful · 13 Sep 2008 at 22:54

Millwall.FC said:
lets be honest english poeple are the smallest ethnic group in london by far.

What..?!

How ignorant can 1 person be...

"English" people are not ALL white you know...

Sankari · 13 Sep 2008 at 23:12

Millwall.FC said:
lets be honest english poeple are the smallest ethnic group in london by far.

Let's be honest - they're not.

White - 5,209,900 - 69.4% (White British 58.0%; White Irish 2.5%; Other White 8.9%)
Mixed - 259,800 - 3.5%
South Asian - 982,600 - 13.1%
Black - 803,700 - 10.7%
East Asian or Other - 256,300 - 3.4%

Source.

Meridian · 13 Sep 2008 at 23:18

Aren't most of them Kurds rather than Turks? And if you think there's no difference, try calling a Kurd a Turk.

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