Turkmen Explained
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples
Historical ethnonym
Ethnic groups
- Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish descendants):
- Until the 17th and 18th centuries, Azerbaijani Turks were also called this way
- Iraqi Turkmen, a Turkish minority living mostly in the Turkmeneli region in northern Iraq
- Israeli Turkmen, a Turkish minority living in Israel
- Turks in Lebanon, a Turkish minority living in Lebanon
- Syrian Turkmen, a Turkish minority living mostly in northern Syria
- Yörüks, a semi-nomadic group in Anatolia often referred to as Turkmen in Turkey
- Anatolian beyliks, small principalities in Anatolia governed by Beys, late 11th–13th centuries
- Turkmens, a Turkic people native to Central Asia living primarily in Turkmenistan and North Caucasus
Other uses for people
- Türkmen (surname), list of people with the surname
- Qarapapaqs or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus
- Oghuz Turks, a large branch of Turkic peoples, historically Muslim nomadic Oghuz Turks (in the 10th–18th centuries)
Languages
Eastern Oghuz
Western Oghuz
- Iraqi Turkmen/Turkman dialects, a Turkish dialect in Iraq
- Syrian Turkmen/Turkman dialects, a Turkish dialect in Syria
Places
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Iran
Iraq
Northern Cyprus
- Kontea, known in Turkish as Türkmenköy
Syria
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Culture
Media
- Türkmen Owazy, a music TV channel in Turkmenistan
- Türkmeneli TV, a bilingual (Arabic and Turkish) TV channel based in Iraq and Turkey
Other uses
Animals
Films
See also
