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The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages. [37] [38]According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia, [39] potentially in the Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.
By the 12th century, Europeans had begun to call the Anatolian region Turchia or Turkey, the land of the Turks. [154] The Turkish society in Anatolia was divided into urban, rural and nomadic populations; [155] other Turkoman (Turkmen) tribes who had arrived into Anatolia at the same time as the Seljuks kept their nomadic ways. [150]
Empty map: File:World map (Miller cylindrical projection, blank).svg Sources available on page Turkish people , Turkish diaspora and linked pages on the English Wikipedia Number of Turks living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (in en-US) .
The Oghuz Turks take their name from the Turkic word for 'clan', 'tribe', or 'kinship'. As such, Oghuz is a common appellation for many Turkic groups, such as the Toquz Oghuz (nine tribes), Sekiz Oghuz (eight tribes), and Uch Oghuz (three tribes). Oghuz has been used to refer to many different Turkic tribes, causing much confusion.
The major modern Turkmen tribes are Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng, and Saryk. [1] [2] The most numerous are the Teke.[3]The origin of all of these tribes is traced to 24 ancient Oghuz tribes, among which the Salur tribe played a prominent role as its people are considered the ancestors of modern Turkmen tribes such as Teke, Yomut and Ersari.
The Turkish diaspora (Turkish: Türk diasporası or Türk gurbetçiler) refers to ethnic Turkish people who have migrated from, or are the descendants of migrants from, the Republic of Turkey, Northern Cyprus or other modern nation-states that were once part of the former Ottoman Empire.
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 ...
This map shows the distribution of people who spoke Turkish during this period. Prior to the Cyprus dispute Turkish Cypriots lived throughout the island of Cyprus . However, the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état initiated by the Greek military junta , which sought to annex the island to Greece , prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus followed by the ...