According to the official UK ethnic groups, what race am I (Turkish)?

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1. I’d just pop it down as “other” and write – Turkish.

2. You just do whatever you want and write down whatever you want.

   The results are always anonymised anyway and used for statistical monitoring.

   It really doesn’t matter.

   As your first answer says, you can write Other- Turkish if you wish as well.

3. Just to be clear, this info is SEPARATED from personal info, so NO chance it affects your outcomes for scholarships etc. It is ONLY used as a general thing for ALL candidates.

4. If you want to be accurate: Any other ethnic group -> Turkic would be my guess.

5. Those are some very strange options they’ve given you. But Ethnicity is really tricky to quantify and the answer sort of comes down to who’s asking the question.

6. It’s about self-identification.. I imagine you’d go under ‘Any other ethnic group’ at the bottom .. but these forms aren’t usually linked to you, so I wouldn’t worry about it.

   Unless you’re at the GP, then they are, and there’s normally more options.

7. Prefer not to say, is an acceptable answer.

8. You can’t get a scholarship based on this, they can’t just pick out the Turkish students from the general applications list to give a scholarship to. They may have other funds that are specifically funded to certain ethnicities, but that would be separate and you would know what you’re applying for and whether you qualify.

   I’d put other and write Turkish but it is honestly a non issue.

9. Other

10. The purpose of these surveys is to try to ensure that people of different ethnicities are treated fairly, and won’t be seen by the people deciding on your application. So you should put whatever you consider your ethnicity to be – and nobody is going to question your choice.

11. I always say “Prefer not to say” and be done with it. It won’t affect your application.

12. Türkiye straddles two continents. There is a tiny part of it west of Istanbul, which is in South-Eastern Europe. The rest is in Western Asia. I expect it would be technically correct to say “Any other Asian background” but it really doesn’t matter. The information is not going to be used to decide what scholarships, if any, you get, it is simply there so that they can say “x% of our students are of y origin”.

13. Your choice of White other or Asian other, I’d say as Turkey geographically straddles both continents

14. Any other Asian or White as you prefer

15. My other half is Turkish and he generally picks white – other and specifys Turkish.

16. “Prefer not to say”.

    I’m mixed race (White and South Asian) – on UK forms I put down “White and Asian British” but on US forms I always put down “Prefer not to say” as the ethnic classifications they have are incredibly idiotic and I don’t want to be in the same category as people with Chinese or Japanese heritage. I guess if I was Turkish in the UK I’d put down “Prefer not to say” for the same reason.

17. This kind of question isn’t seen by the people on the other end dealing with the application, it’s basically used as a HR tool to say “we promote diversity in our applicants”. Don’t worry too much. Just stick other and be done 🙂

18. My friend is Turkish, and she clicks the ‘White Other’ section, but her Dad clicks ‘Other’ and writes in ‘Turkish’ if the box pops up.

19. Just pick something completely incorrect and fuck with their statistics

20. ‘Middle Eastern’ or ‘other’ is usually easiest. Ultimately ‘Turkish’ is probably seen as nationality not ethnicity but it’s fully up to you how you choose to identify. I’m mixed race but feel like ‘other’ is enough info to give to organisations.

21. These categories are very often not correct. There are inbetweens and overlaps.
    I think Turkish people are white ethnic group.

22. Providing information of this sort is generally a request rather than a requirement so there should be a “Prefer not to say” option.

23. “any other asian background” Turkey is in Asia.

    Or just say “other” if any of the answers trigger you for some reason

24. Ah welcome to the Latin American world

25. Interesting q. I asked this once to Turkish woman she told me she put white -other

26. Hey. Just so you know, these surveys are done as an optional thing to gather data to enable them to provide equal opportunities. Nobody will be analysing your information to figure out if you put the ‘correct’ answer. So fill it in as you feel 😊

27. Other Asian: Turkish?

28. KARA BOĞA

    oops, wrong sub

29. i always fill this nonsense in with “prefer not to say” or “mixed race”

30. White other or Asian other both technically correct I guess. But it doesnèt really matter put whatever you like.

31. Probably ‘Any other ethnic group’.

    In UK syntax ‘Asian’ by itself is usually taken to mean ‘South and East Asian’, reflective of colonial history and postwar immigration tendencies.

    Hence why ‘Arab’ is also in the ‘Other’ category, and you’d put Central Asian and Turkic people there as well.

    Honestly though, answer however you want, or not at all. These surveys are for general statistical analysis rather than anything more personal.

32. could always put in other Turkish – Human.

33. I’m Slav, Serb and British and I hate these forms. White other for me.

34. I’d go for the least represented and pick something like Irish Traveler

35. Other – Jedi