Turkmens
Turkmens (Turkmen: Türkmenler, Түркменлер, توركمنلر, [tʏɾkmønˈløɾ]; historically the Turkmen), also known as Turkmen Turks (Turkmen: Türkmen türkleri, توركمن تورکلری), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and Afghanistan. Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found also in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the North Caucasus (Stavropol Krai). They speak the Turkmen language, which is classified as a part of the Eastern Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. Examples of other Oghuz languages are Turkish, Azerbaijani, Qashqai, Gagauz, Khorasani, and Salar.In the early Middle ages, Turkmens called themselves Oghuz, and in the …
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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 6 January 2009 English
CIGI is committed to the preservation and promotion of good governance; a central feature, of course, is the inclusion and respect of the multitude of identities and cultures found within …
and the Nineveh plain; like the Christians and Turkmens that also reside there, they have been caught …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 2008 English
In a savage critique, R.T. Naylor investigates the American government's understanding of and response to 9/11, exposing the official story - and the resulting global War on Islamic Terror - …
distribution. To the north are Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Turkmens, parts of Turkic ethnic groups forced into the …
RCB: Raincoast Books · 2003 English
In January 2000 Rob Ferguson went to Uzbekistan to work on an environmental project to save the Aral Sea. By the time he left Central Asia a year later, he …
to select their public awareness team and the Turkmens just put the whole thing off. Reluctant participants … participants in most regional activities, the Turkmens played by their own rules, or didn’t play at all. The … sense of democracy. Bozov had told us that the Turkmens wanted to move the project from Tashkent to Ashkhabad … “Robert,” said Victor disparagingly, “even if the Turkmens change Mr. G, they’ll only replace one dictator …
