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Turkomania (disambiguation)

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Turkomania refers to Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia.

Turkomania or Turcomania may also refer to:

  • Two competing 14th–15th century confederations of primarily Oghuz Turkic tribes in Western Asia:
    • Kara Koyunlu, meaning "of the black sheep," who dominated northwestern Iran (modern-day Iranian Azerbaijan), Kurdistan, and South Caucasus
    • Ak Koyunlu, meaning "of the white sheep," who dominated southeastern Turkey, and later all of eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, modern-day Iraq, and Iran
  • Turcomania, or Turkmeneli, a political term used to define the territory in which the Iraqi Turkmens historically have had a dominant population
  • Turkophilia, a love of Turkey and Turkish culture

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