Iraqi Turkmen

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Turkic people ethnic group

Iraqi Turkmen are a Turkic ethnic group native to Iraq, primarily concentrated in the north of the country and culturally and linguistically related to other Oghuz Turkic peoples such as Azerbaijanis and Turks.

Aliases (5)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people → ethnic group →
continent	Asia →
country	Iraq →
culturalRegionName	Turkmeneli →
culturalRelation	shares cultural traits with Anatolian Turks → shares cultural traits with Azerbaijanis →
ethnicGroupIn	Iraq →
hasDiaspora	Europe → Turkey →
historicalMigrationPeriod	Ottoman era → Seljuk era →
historicalOrigin	Oghuz Turks →
historicalRole	frontier soldiers of the Ottoman Empire →
language	Iraqi Turkmen Turkish →
languageBranch	Oghuz languages →
languageFamily	Turkic languages →
linguisticRelation	Oghuz Turkic dialect → dialect close to Anatolian Turkish →
majorCity	Altun Kupri → Erbil → Kifri → Kirkuk → Mosul → Tal Afar → Tuz Khurmatu →
minorityStatus	one of the largest ethnic minorities in Iraq →
nativeTo	Iraq →
politicalOrganization	Iraqi Turkmen Front → Turkmen National Association → Turkmeneli Party →
populationConcentration	Baghdad Governorate → Diyala Governorate → Erbil Governorate → Kirkuk Governorate → Nineveh Governorate → Salah al-Din Governorate →
primaryReligion	Islam →
recognizedMinorityIn	Iraq →
region	Middle East →
relatedEthnicity	Anatolian Turks → Azerbaijanis → Syrian Turkmen → Turks →
religion	Christianity → Shia Islam → Sunni Islam →
religiousDiversity	Sunni and Shia communities →
scriptUsed	Arabic script → Latin script →
selfDesignation	Türkmen → Türkmenler →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mosul ("Turkmens") →	ethnicGroup
Azerbaijani language →	hasDialect
Northern Iraq ("Turkmen") →	hasEthnicGroup
Northern Iraq ("Turkmen") →	hasLanguage
Iraqi American ("Iraqi Turkmen American") →	hasSubgroup
Iraqi Turkmen ("Iraqi Turkmen Turkish") →	language
Mosul ("Turkmen") →	languageSpoken
Government of Iraq ("Turkmen") →	recognisedLanguage
Iraqi Turkmen ("Türkmen") →	selfDesignation