How many Turkish people live in Switzerland?
According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), 78,804 Turkish citizens lived permanently in Switzerland at the end of 2025. Many have become Swiss citizens; with people of Turkish origin the community is much bigger.
78,804Turkish citizens (2025)
14 daysto register
3 monthsfor health insurance
CHF 335TV fee a year
Swiss Federal Statistical Office BFS (permanent residents, end of 2025).
Where Turkish people live in Switzerland
Turkish people in Switzerland live most of all in the canton of Zurich, then in Aargau, Bern and the two Basel cantons.
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ZurichThe biggest community, in the canton of Zurich; a consulate is here.
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BaselA large Turkish community in the two Basel cantons, on the German and French border.
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Bern and GenevaThe embassy in Bern, a consulate in Geneva.
A piece of home, close by
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MosquesMosques in Zurich, Basel and Bern; the Turkish community meets around its associations.
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HSK coursesIn the canton of Zurich, recognised HSK courses (home language and culture) run in 33 languages, Turkish among them: up to four lessons a week, with the grade on the school report. Associations and mosques run courses too.
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ConsulatesThe embassy in Bern; consulates in Zurich and Geneva.
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Turkish shopsTurkish shops in Zurich, Basel and Bern.
TV
TV feeThe Serafe fee: CHF 335 a year per household (CHF 312 from 1 January 2027).
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Booking an appointmentBook consular services online at konsolosluk.gov.tr: choose “Randevu Al”, then “Türk Vatandaşları İçin Konsolosluk İşlemleri”.
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Geneva, since 1898Relations between the two countries began with the opening of a Turkish consulate in Geneva in 1898.
1926
Swiss law in TurkeyIn 1926 Turkey largely adopted the Swiss Civil Code and Code of Obligations.
TV
Turkish TVThe channels from home, live in Switzerland.Read the TV guide →
