Turkmen people
Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family. Engagements, marriages, and the circumcision of boys, known as the sünnet parties, are big festivals.
 Turkmen man of Ashgabat wearing a traditional Kalpak hat | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 6 million[a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Turkmenistan | 4,248,000[1] |
 Iran | 1,328,585[2] |
 Afghanistan | 200,000[3] |
 Uzbekistan | 152,000[4] |
 Pakistan | 110,000[5] |
 Russia | 46,885[6] |
 Tajikistan | 15,171[7] |
 Ukraine | 7,709[8] |
| Languages | |
| Turkmen language | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Turkic peoples | |
The term Turkoman was also used for people who take a Turkish identity and lost there own original Background, as example in the case of the so called Balkan Turkoman Gipsys, a subgroup of the Xoraxane Roma.[9]
Turkmen People Media
Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (215)
Helmet of Ya'qub Beg, ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state (15th century)
Turkmen women's headwear and jewelry
Two Turkmen men standing on a carpet in front of a yurt. Photo by Prokudin-Gorsky between 1905 and 1915.
Teke Turkmen Family in traditional clothing near Bairam-Ali. Photo taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky between 1903 and 1916
Turkmen child's tunic, early to mid 20th century, Textile Museum of Canada
Magtymguly Pyragy on a Soviet rouble, 1991
- Türkmen medeniyeti.jpg
Halkın ruhî kültürünü arttırmakta, millî gelenekleri yükseltmekte ve sanata olan ilgiyi geliştirmekte günümüzün taleplerine göre yeni klüp idareleri kurulmaktadır. Resimde abimiz Türkmen Dutarını çalmaktadır. Dutar: İki Telli Türkmen halk çalgısıdır.
Traditional Turkmen embroidery for women's dress
Turkmen woman in traditional bride's dress. Bride's face is covered during a certain ceremony
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References
- ↑ "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Ethnic Groups". Library of Congress Country Studies. 1997. Retrieved 2010-10-08. ^ Jump up to: a b
- ↑ Alisher Ilhamov (2002). Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan. Open Society Institute: Tashkent.
- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency" (PDF). www.unhcr.org.
- ↑ 2002 Russian census
- ↑ 2002 Tajikistani census (2010)
- ↑ "About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001". Ukraine Census 2001. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355873685_Turcoman_Gypsies_in_the_Balkans_Just_a_Preferred_Identity_or_More