The Turkic peoples are a group of peoples. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic family. Turkics come mainly from these independent states: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.[4]
 Current independent Turkic states in red | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Approx. 140–160 million[1][2] or over 170 million[3] |
However. Turkics live in many places and include most people in Central Asia. Many live in Siberia, the Caucasus area, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Turkic people can sometimes understand one other during communication because of their languages are often connected to Turkic and have the same words.
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Altai man in national suit on horseback. -
Azerbaijani girls in traditional dress. -
Bashkir boys in national dress. -
A Chuvash woman dancer in traditional dress. -
Young and old Gagauz people. -
Old Karachay men in the 19th century. -
Khakas people with traditional instruments. -
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Kyrgyz elders in On-Archa, Kyrgyzstan. -
Nogai man in national costume. -
Yoruk girls in their traditional clothes. -
Turkmen girl in national dress. -
Tuvan men and women in Kyzyl, Tuva. -
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Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ Brigitte Moser, Michael Wilhelm Weithmann, Landeskunde Türkei: Geschichte, Gesellschaft und Kultur, Buske Publishing, 2008, p. 173
- ↑ Deutsches Orient-Institut, Orient, Vol. 41, Alfred Röper Publushing, 2000, p. 611
- ↑ Yunusbayev et al. 2015.
- ↑ https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/785506
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