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.

Aliases (13)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people → ethnic group →
autonym	Türkmen →
culturalHeritage	Turkmen cuisine → Turkmen music → oral epic tradition →
diasporaCountry	Afghanistan → Iran → Iraq → Pakistan → Russia → Syria → Turkey →
ethnographicClassification	Oghuz Turkic people →
historicalInfluence	Oghuz Yabgu State → Seljuk Turks →
historicalRegion	Karakum Desert → Khwarezm → Transcaspia →
historicalReligion	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 Region → Mary Region →
primaryCountry	Turkmenistan →
primaryRegion	Central Asia →
recognizedAsTitularNationIn	Turkmenistan →
relatedEthnicGroup	Azerbaijanis → Gagauz → Turks → Yörüks →
religiousTradition	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 (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ersari dialect ("Ersari Turkmen people") → Khanate of Khiva → Salyr dialect ("Turkmen people") → Stavropol Krai ("Turkmens of Stavropol") → Teke dialect ("Teke Turkmens") →	ethnicGroup
Azerbaijanis → Azərbaycanlılar → Kazakhs → Turks →	relatedEthnicGroup
Islamic world → Western Afghanistan →	hasEthnicGroup
Göklen dialect ("Göklen Turkmen people") → Saryk dialect ("Saryk Turkmen people") →	spokenBy
British Iraq Mandate ("Turkmen") →	appliesToEthnicGroup
Epic of Köroğlu →	associatedWithPeople
Turkmens ("Türkmen") →	autonym
Göklen dialect ("Iranian Turkmen") →	belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup
Turkmenistan ("Turkmen") →	demonym
Afghan ("Turkmen") →	ethnicGroupIncludes
Khanate of Bukhara →	ethnicGroups
Afghan American ("Turkmen") →	ethnicSubgroup
Oghuz Uzbek ("Turkmen people") →	hasCulturalTraditionsInCommonWith
Oghuz →	hasDescendant
Qashqai ("Qashqa’i") →	hasGlottologName
Southwestern Turkic ("Turkmen") →	hasMember
Asian American ("Turkmen American") →	hasPart
Khorasani Turkic ("Turkmen") →	isDistinctFrom
Ashgabat ("Turkmen") →	languageMajority
Karakum Desert ("Turkmen") →	nameLanguage
Erbil ("Turkmen") →	otherEthnicGroup
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ("Turkmen") →	populationGroup
Azərilər →	relatedEthnicity
Iraqi Turkmen ("Türkmenler") →	selfDesignation
Khorasani Turkic ("Turkmen") →	sharesFeaturesWith
Ersari dialect ("Ersari Turkmen communities") →	usedBy