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Nomadic Turks cooked their meals in a qazan, a pot similar to a cauldron; a wooden rack called a qasqan can be used to prepare certain steamed foods, like the traditional meat dumplings called manti. They also used a saj , a griddle that was traditionally placed on stones over a fire, and shish .
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The Turks (Turkish: Türkler), or the Turkish people, are the largest Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They natively speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old ethnic Turkish communities still exist across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Turks (Turkish: Osmanlı Türkleri) were a Turkic ethnic group native to Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia , they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire , in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the entirety of the six centuries that it existed.
Turks also played an important role in bringing Eastern cultures to the West and Western cultures to the East. Their own religion became the pioneer and defender of the foreign religions they adopted after Tengrism , and they helped their spread and development ( Manichaeism , Judaism, Buddhism , Orthodox , Nestorian Christianity and Islam ).
The Turks used the iron tribute paid by the Kyrgyz to make weapons, armor and saddle parts. Turks were nomadic hunters and would sometimes conceal military activities under the pretense of hunting. Their raids into China were organized by a khagan and success in these campaigns had a significant influence on a tribal leader's prestige.
The nomadic Kipchaks were the main targets of the Mongols when they crossed the Volga in 1236. [29] The defeated Kipchaks mainly entered the Mongol ranks, while others fled westward. [ 29 ] Köten led 40,000 families into Hungary, where King Bela IV granted them refuge in return for their Christianization. [ 29 ]
A Yörük village settled in 15th century, traditional Turkish houses. The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks (Turkish: Yörükler; Greek: Γιουρούκοι, Youroúkoi; Bulgarian: юруци; Macedonian: Јуруци, Juruci), are a Turkic ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, [4] [5] [6] some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia, and partly in the Balkan peninsula ...