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Turkmen SSR
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: 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 A ...
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Turkoman (ethnonym)
Turkoman (Middle Turkic: تُركْمانْ, ota, تركمن, Türkmen and ''Türkmân''; az, Türkman and ', tr, Türkmen, tk, Türkmen, Persian: ترکمن sing. ''Turkamān'', pl. ''Tarākimah''), also called Turcoman and Turkman, is a term that was widely used during the Middle Ages for the people of Oghuz Turkic origin. Oghuz Turks were a western Turkic people that, in the 8th century A.D, formed a tribal confederation in an area between the Aral and Caspian seas in Central Asia, and spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. ''Turkmen'', originally an exonym, dates from the High Middle Ages, along with the ancient and familiar name "Turk" (), and tribal names such as " Bayat", " Bayandur", " Afshar", " Kayi", and others. By the 10th century, Islamic sources were calling Oghuz Turks as Muslim Turkmens, as opposed to Shamanist or Buddhist Turks. It entered into the usage of the Western world through the Byzantines in the 12th century, since by that time ...
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Türkmən, Barda
Türkmən (also, Tyurkman and Tyurkmen) is a village and municipality in the Barda Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t .... It has a population of 1,241. References * Populated places in Barda District {{Barda-geo-stub ...
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Turkmen Mountain
Turkmen Mountain ( ar, جبل تركمان; ''Jabal Turkman'', tr, Türkmen Dağı) is a mountain range in the north of the Latakia region of Syria, in the area called Bayırbucak locally in Turkish, neighboring the Turkish border. The name is not historically attested in written sources, and only began being used in the media around 2012. The mountain range runs along the eastern length of Latakia Governorate. The area is mostly inhabited by Syrian Turkmen people and has seen military activity by the Syrian Army and Russian air strikes in late 2015. Close to 300,000 Turkmens have been displaced since the start of the Syrian Civil War, especially in The Turkmens mountains, where the Government enacted a demographic change by forcing the last remaining Turkmen families to leave to Turkey, and settled Alawite families in the areas controlled by government forces. Two Turkish F-16s shot down one of two Russian Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a su ...
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Kontea
Kontea ( gr, Κοντέα, tr, Türkmenköy) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Lysi Lysi ( gr, Λύση, tr, Akdoğan or ) is a village located in the Mesaoria plain in Cyprus, north of the city of Larnaca. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Lysi is also the administration center for the villages of Beyar .... The name of the village originates in the era of Venetian rule in Cyprus and it originally means "county" in Italian (full historical appellation: ''Contea di Famagosta''). It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Türkmenköy Aydın Sports Club is the football team of Kontea that is in Northern Cyprus Football League since 1977. South Mesaoria Social Facility for Kontea and Pergamos is constructed by the help of European Union.
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Turkmeneli
Turkmeneli, also known as Turkmenland, and historically as Turcomania, ( tr, Türkmeneli, lit=Land of the Turkmens) is a political term used to define the vast swath of territory in which the Iraqi Turkmens historically have had a dominant population. The term incorporates the Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman homelands running from Iraq's border with Turkey and Syria and diagonally down the country to the border with Iran. In particular, the Turkmen/Turkoman consider the capital of Turkmeneli to be disputed city of Kirkuk and its boundaries also include Tal Afar, Mosul (second largest city in Iraq), Erbil (capital of Kurdistan Region), Mandali, and Tuz Khurmatu. According to Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield, the Turkmen/Turkoman note that the term "Turcomania" – an Anglicized version of "Turkmeneli" – appears on a map of the region published by William Guthrie in 1785, however, there is no clear reference to Turkmeneli until the end of the twentieth century. Regions of Iraq T ...
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Qarah Tappeh, Torkaman
Qarah Tappeh ( fa, قره تپه, also Romanized as Qareh Tappeh) is a village in Jafarbay-ye Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 829, in 174 families. References Populated places in Torkaman County {{Torkaman-geo-stub ...
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Tappeh Torkaman
Tappeh Torkaman ( fa, تپه تركمان, also Romanized as Tappeh Torkamān) is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 437, in 120 families. References Populated places in Urmia County {{Urmia-geo-stub ...
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Torkaman, West Azerbaijan
Torkaman ( fa, تركمان, also Romanized as Torkamān) is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 171, in 40 families. References Populated places in Urmia County {{Urmia-geo-stub ...
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Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرتركمن), formerly known as Bandar Shah ( fa, بَندَرِ شاه), is a city and capital of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 45,045, in 9,755 families. Bandar Torkaman is a port on the Caspian Sea. It is approximately from Tehran. Some west of Bandar Torkaman is Ashooradeh Islandbr> Economy The economy is based on agriculture, handicrafts, animal husbandry, fishing and tourism, with 50 percent of Iranian caviar being extracted near this port. Ashouradeh Island attracts many tourists. Bandar Torkaman is also called "Cotton Island". Cotton is grown abundantly in the harbor which makes Bandar Torkaman a strategic cotton-cultivator in the country. Tourism In the past, the city was equipped with three big jetties and was used by the Allied Forces during the World War II for transportation of equipment. However, two jetties have sunk and presently, due to poor equipment and the gradual decline of w ...
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Central District (Torkaman County)
The Central District of Torkaman County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان ترکمن) is a district (bakhsh) in Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 63,493, in 13,467 families. The District has one city: Bandar Torkaman. The District has one rural district (''dehestan''): Jafarbay-ye Jonubi Rural District Jafarbay-e Jonubi Rural District ( fa, دهستان جعفربای جنوبی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, .... References Districts of Golestan Province Torkaman County {{Torkaman-geo-stub ...
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Torkaman County
Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان ترکمن), formerly Bandar Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان بندر ترکمن), is located in Golestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... The capital of the county is Bandar Torkaman. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Gomishan County) was 122,218, in 25,295 households. Retrieved 8 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 72,803 people, in 17,772 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 79,978, in 21,315 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Golestan Province {{Golestan-geo-stub ...
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Torkamanchay
Turkamanchay ( fa, تركمانچائ; also Romanized as Torkamānchāy, Torkamān Chāy, Torkmancāy, Turkmanchai, Turkemanchay, Turkomanchay, Turkmānchāi, Torkamān Chāy, Torkamānchāi, and Turcoman Chie; also known simply as Torkamān) is a city and capital of Torkamanchay District, in Mianeh County, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran. A suburb of Mianeh, it is well known for the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,434, in 1,645 families. References See also * Treaty of Turkmenchay * Treaty of Gulistan The Treaty of Gulistan (russian: Гюлистанский договор; fa, عهدنامه گلستان) was a peace treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and Iran on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gulistan (now in the Goranboy Distr ... Cities in East Azerbaijan Province {{Meyaneh-geo-stub ...
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