People group profile · PG024590
The Tatars of Turkiye
The Tatars of Turkiye, numbering about 31,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to the Tatarstan region of Russia and Ukraine.
They are a diaspora people in the Ural-Siberian people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Tatar.
Fast facts
- Country
- Turkiye
- Population
- 31,500
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Ural-Siberian
- Primary language
- Tatar (tat)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Tatarlar, Татарлар
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tatars are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tatars
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Tatar · Turkic family
100% speak Tatar
Gospel resources in Tatar
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Tatar)
Bibles
- 2001 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · audio, text
- 2015 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tatars
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Tatar in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109874) is reported in 10 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatars | Russian Federation | 7,085,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | Uzbekistan | 866,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | Kazakhstan | 259,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | Turkmenistan | 73,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tatars | Azerbaijan | 15,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tatars | Kyrgyzstan | 7,900 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | Tajikistan | 7,200 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | United States | 7,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tatars | Bulgaria | 6,100 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tatars | Canada | 5,300 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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