Turks in Turkmenistan
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13,000 (2012 census)[1] | |
Languages | |
Turkish, Turkmen | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
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Turkic peoples |
Turks in Turkmenistan (Turkish: Türkmenistan'daki Türkler) are either Turkish people who live in Turkmenistan even though having been born outside Turkmenistan, or are Turkmenistan-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, or in neighbouring countries once part of the Ottoman Empire that still have a population whose language is Turkish or who claims a Turkish identity or cultural heritage.
Population
According to the 2012 Turkmen census, there was 13,000 Turks living in Turkmenistan.[1] The largest number of Turks were recorded in the capital city of Ashgabat where they numbered 10,500.[1]
Turkish schools
Due to the common ethnic, linguistic, religious, cultural and historical ties of Turkish and Turkmen people, the Turkish community in Turkmenistan are well integrated. In Turkmenistan there is 1 high school, 1 primary school, 1 Turkish Language Training Centre and 1 Vocational Training Centre that operates in Ashgabat under the Turkish National Education Ministry.[2]
See also
- Turkey–Turkmenistan relations
- Demographics of Turkmenistan
- Turks in the former Soviet Union
References
- ^ a b c Asgabat. "Национальный и религиозный состав населения Туркменистана сегодня". Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Turkey's Political Relations With Turkmenistan". Retrieved 2009-10-28.
External links
- Soviet Census 1970: Turkmenistan
- Soviet Census 1979: Turkmenistan
- Soviet Census 1989: Turkmenistan
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Turkish settlement
Turkish majorities: | Turkey (Muhacirs), Northern Cyprus (Turkish Cypriot diaspora, Mainland Turks) |
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Other regions |
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Russia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Persecution of Muslims during Ottoman contraction
- Exodus of Muslims from Serbia (1862)
- Kirkuk Massacre of 1924
- 1944 Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks
- Gavurbağı massacre
- Exodus of Turks from Bulgaria (1950-1951)
- 1956–1989 Assimilation of Bulgarian Turks
- 1959 Kirkuk massacre
- Bloody Christmas (1963)
- Akritas plan
- Afrikaanderwijk riots
- Revival Process
- Tochni massacre
- Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre
- Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations
- 1983 Orly Airport attack
- 1989 Fergana massacre
- 1990 Komotini events
- 1991 Altun Kupri massacre
- 1993 Solingen arson attack
- National Socialist Underground murders
- 2004 Cologne bombing
- Banya Bashi Mosque clashes
- Iraqi Turkmen genocide
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