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Turkmen

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Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:

Peoples

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Historical ethnonym

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Ethnic groups

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  • Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish descendants):
    • Until the 17th and 18th centuries, Azerbaijani Turks were also called this way
    • Iraqi Turkmen, a Turkish minority living mostly in the Turkmeneli region in northern Iraq
    • Israeli Turkmen, a Turkish minority living in Israel
    • Turks in Lebanon, a Turkish minority living in Lebanon
    • Syrian Turkmen, a Turkish minority living mostly in northern Syria
    • Yörüks, a semi-nomadic group in Anatolia often referred to as Turkmen in Turkey
    • Anatolian beyliks, small principalities in Anatolia governed by Beys, late 11th–13th centuries
  • Turkmens, a Turkic people native to Central Asia living primarily in Turkmenistan and North Caucasus

Other uses for people

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  • Türkmen (surname), list of people with the surname
  • Qarapapaqs or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus
  • Oghuz Turks, a large branch of Turkic peoples, historically Muslim nomadic Oghuz Turks (in the 10th–18th centuries)

Languages

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Eastern Oghuz

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Western Oghuz

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Places

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Afghanistan

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Azerbaijan

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Iran

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Iraq

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Northern Cyprus

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  • Kontea, known in Turkish as Türkmenköy

Syria

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Turkey

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Turkmenistan

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Culture

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Media

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Other uses

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Animals

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Films

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See also

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