Turkmens

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Turkic people ethnic group

Turkmens are a Turkic ethnic group primarily inhabiting Turkmenistan and surrounding regions, known for their shared linguistic and cultural heritage with other Oghuz Turkic peoples.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Turkmen	39
Turkmens canonical	36
Turkmen people	16
Turkoman	5
Turkmen tribes	3
Ersari Turkmens	2
Teke Turkmens	2
Ersari Turkmen communities	1
Ersari Turkmen people	1
Göklen Turkmen people	1
Iranian Turkmen	1
Iranian Turkmens	1
Qashqa’i	1
Saryk Turkmen people	1
Shia Turkmens	1
Turkmen American	1
Turkmen peoples	1
Turkmens of Stavropol	1
Türkmen	1
Türkmenler	1
Yomut Turkmens	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
autonym	Turkmens self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Türkmen
culturalHeritage	Turkmen cuisine ⓘ Turkmen music ⓘ oral epic tradition ⓘ
diasporaCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
ethnographicClassification	Oghuz ⓘ surface form: Oghuz Turkic people
historicalInfluence	Oghuz Yabgu State ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Turks
historicalRegion	Karakum Desert ⓘ Khwarezm ⓘ Transcaspia ⓘ
historicalReligion	Tengrism ⓘ surface form: Tengriism
historicalTribalStructure	tribal confederations ⓘ
historicalTribe	Chowdur ⓘ Ersari ⓘ Saryk ⓘ Teke ⓘ Yomut ⓘ
horseBreedAssociation	Akhal-Teke horse ⓘ
language	Turkmen language ⓘ
languageFamily	Oghuz branch of Turkic languages ⓘ
majorReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
populationCenter	Ashgabat ⓘ Dashoguz ⓘ surface form: Dashoguz Region Mary Region ⓘ
primaryCountry	Turkmenistan ⓘ
primaryRegion	Central Asia ⓘ
recognizedAsTitularNationIn	Turkmenistan ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Azerbaijanis ⓘ Gagauz ⓘ Turks ⓘ Yörüks ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
traditionalAnimalHerding	horses ⓘ sheep ⓘ
traditionalArt	Turkmen carpet design ⓘ
traditionalCraft	carpet weaving ⓘ textile production ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature	embroidered robes ⓘ telpek fur hat ⓘ
traditionalHousing	yurt ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	nomadic pastoralism ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azerbaijanis → relatedEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Asian American → hasPart → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen American

Turkmenistan → demonym → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Southwestern Turkic → hasMember → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Stavropol Krai → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmens of Stavropol

Turks → relatedEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → populationGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Azərbaycanlılar → relatedEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Karakum Desert → nameLanguage → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Azərilər → relatedEthnicity → Turkmens ⓘ

Turkmens → autonym → Turkmens self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Türkmen

Western Afghanistan → hasEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Afghan American → ethnicSubgroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Kazakhs → relatedEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Khanate of Bukhara → ethnicGroups → Turkmens ⓘ

Khanate of Khiva → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Afghan → ethnicGroupIncludes → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Ashgabat → languageMajority → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Teke dialect → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teke Turkmens

Göklen dialect → spokenBy → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Göklen Turkmen people

Göklen dialect → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian Turkmen

Saryk dialect → spokenBy → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saryk Turkmen people

Iraqi Turkmen → selfDesignation → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Türkmenler

Salyr dialect → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen people

Erbil → otherEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

British Iraq Mandate → appliesToEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Ersari dialect → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ersari Turkmen people

Ersari dialect → usedBy → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ersari Turkmen communities

Qashqai → hasGlottologName → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qashqa’i

Epic of Köroğlu → associatedWithPeople → Turkmens ⓘ

Oghuz → hasDescendant → Turkmens ⓘ

Oghuz Uzbek → hasCulturalTraditionsInCommonWith → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen people

Khorasani Turkic → sharesFeaturesWith → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Khorasani Turkic → isDistinctFrom → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → ethnicComposition → Turkmens ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Salar → relatedEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Badghis Province → hasEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Turkic peoples → hasEthnicSubgroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Yörüks → relatedTo → Turkmens ⓘ

Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan) → ethnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

subject surface form: Afghanistan

Russian conquest of Central Asia → mainParticipant → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen tribes

Semnan Province → ethnicGroups → Turkmens ⓘ

northern Syria → hasEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Syria

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Gorgan → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

Al-Jazira region → historicallyInhabitedBy → Turkmens ⓘ

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) → ethnicity → Turkmens ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

this entity surface form: Turkmen

AANES → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen

SDF → includesEthnicGroup → Turkmens ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Turkmen

Kobanî → hasMinority → Turkmens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkmen