Turkic peoples

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The Turkic peoples are a group of peoples. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic family. A Turkic person is called a Turk and mainly come from these independent states: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.[4]

Turkic peoples
Map of Independent Turkic countries.svg
Current independent Turkic states in red
Total population
Approx. 140–160 million[1][2] or over 170 million[3]

However there are Turks in many places. Today, most people in Central Asia are Turks. Many Turks live in Siberia, the Caucasus area, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.

Turkic people can sometimes understand each other during communication because of their language being connected to Turkic and having the same words.

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Turkic Peoples Media

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References

  1. Brigitte Moser, Michael Wilhelm Weithmann, Landeskunde Türkei: Geschichte, Gesellschaft und Kultur, Buske Publishing, 2008, p. 173
  2. Deutsches Orient-Institut, Orient, Vol. 41, Alfred Röper Publushing, 2000, p. 611
  3. Yunusbayev et al. 2015.
  4. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/785506