Turks in the Arab world

Turks in the Arab world refers to ethnic Turks who live in the Arab World. The immigrations of Seljukians and its successors, Mamluks and the conquest of the region by the Ottoman Empire set in motion important population movements of Turkish colonizers who were brought over from Anatolia to Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, establishing a firm Turkish base for further conquests in the region. Hence, the Ottomans used colonization as a very effective method to consolidate their position and power in the region.