Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
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Peoples
Historical ethnonym
- Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
- Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish descendants):
- Iraqi Turkmen, a Turkish minority living mostly in the Turkmeneli region in northern Iraq
- Turks in Israel, 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
- Iranian Turkmens, Turkmen minority living in Iran
- Afghan Turkmens, Turkmen minority living in Afghanistan
- Turkmen in Pakistan, mostly Turkmen refugees from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan living in Pakistan
- Turkmen tribes, the major modern Turkmen tribes that live in Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan
Other uses for people
- 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
- Turkmen language, the official language of Turkmenistan
- Turkmen alphabet, used for official purposes in Turkmenistan
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
Surname
- Doğan Türkmen (fl. 1980), Turkish diplomat attacked by the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
- Ekin Türkmen (born 1984), Turkish actress
- Elif Doğan Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish politician
- Emre Turkmen, a member of the London-based music band Years & Years
- Hüseyin Türkmen, (born 1998) Turkish football player
- İlter Türkmen (born 1927), Turkish diplomat
- Muhammed Türkmen (born 1986), Turkish football player
- Özer Türkmen (born c. 1939), head of the army of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Tayfun Türkmen (born 1978), Turkish football player
Culture
- Music of Turkmenistan
- Turkmen rug, a type of handmade floor-covering originating in Central Asia
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
- Hybrid camel, sometimes called a Turkoman
- Central Asian Shepherd Dog, known as the Turkmen Alabai
- Turkoman horse, or Turkmene, an extinct breed of horse from Turkmenistan
- Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan, a type of wild ass
- Turkoman (horse) (born 1982), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
Companies
- Turkmentelecom, a national telecommunications company in Turkmenistan
Films
- Torkaman (film), a 1974 Iranian film
See also
- List of Turkic dynasties and countries
- Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Turkmenistan manat, the currency of Turkmenistan
- Turkoman people (disambiguation)
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