Turkestan

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Location of Turkestan (Russian and Chinese parties)

Turkestan and the modern states of central Asia

Orkhon River, Mongolia

Yurt of nomads in Kazakhstan

Turkestan (Turkish: Türkistan, Kazakh: Түркістан, Uzbek: Turkiston, Turkmen: Türküstan, Persian: ترکستانcode: fa is deprecated , Chinese: 突厥斯坦, literally "Land of Turks") is a region of Central Asia around the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. Much of it is currentlylocated in China. During the 20th century, much of it was in the Soviet Union. The main ethnic groups in the area are Turks, Chinese, Mongols and Persians.

Turkestan Media

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The Turkestan region is noted on this 1914 map
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Chaghatay-language map depicting Turkestan (تورکستانcode: chg is deprecated ), from the November 1931 issue of the Berlin-based Yash Turkistan [uz] magazine
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Map from Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughat al-Turk, showing the 11th century distribution of Turkic tribes

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