Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 100 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th most spoken language in the world.
The number of non-EU citizens living in the EU has grown by 2.3 million in 2023, with Ukrainian, Turkish, and Moroccan citizens..
