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 The Iraqi Turkmens (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; tr, Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority ( ar, تركمان العراق; tr, Irak Türkleri ...

, 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 Syrian Turkmen, also referred to as Syrian Turkomans, Turkish Syrians, or simply Syrian Turks or Turks of Syria, ( ar, تركمان سوريا; tr, Suriye Türkmenleri or ) are Syrian citizens of Turkish people, Turkish origin who mainly trace ...

, a Turkish minority living mostly in northern Syria **

Yörüks The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks ( tr, Yörükler; , ''Youroúkoi''; bg, юруци; mk, Јуруци, ''Juruci''), are a Turkish ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia ...

, a semi-nomadic group in Anatolia often referred to as Turkmen in Turkey **

Anatolian beyliks Anatolian beyliks ( tr, Anadolu beylikleri, Ottoman Turkish: ''Tavâif-i mülûk'', ''Beylik'' ) were small principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by beys, the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century. A se ...

, small principalities in Anatolia governed by Beys, late 11th–13th centuries *

Turkmens Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...

, a Turkic people native to Central Asia living primarily in Turkmenistan and North Caucasus ** Iranian Turkmens, Turkmen minority living in Iran **

Afghan Turkmens Afghan Turkmens or Turkmens of Afghanistan ( fa, ترکمن های افغان, tk, Owgan türkmenleri, ) live in the north-west of Afghanistan along the border with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, surrounded by a larger group of Afghan Uzbeks. Th ...

, 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 The Karapapakhs or Tarakama ( az, Qarapapaqlar, Tərəkəmələr; tr, Karapapaklar, Terekemeler) are a Turkic people, who originally spoke the Karapapakh language, a western Oghuz language closely related to Azerbaijani and Turkish. Nowada ...

or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus *

Oghuz Turks The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conven ...

, a large branch of Turkic peoples, historically Muslim nomadic Oghuz Turks (in the 10th–18th centuries)

Languages

Eastern Oghuz

Turkmen language Turkmen (, , , or , , , ), sometimes referred to as "Turkmen Turkic" or "Turkmen Turkish", is a Turkic language spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia, mainly of Turkmenistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. It has an estimated 5 million native speake ...

, the official language of Turkmenistan **

Turkmen alphabet The Turkmen alphabet ( tk, Türkmen elipbiýi / / ) refers to variants of the Latin alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, or Arabic alphabet used for writing of the Turkmen language. The modified variant of the Latin alphabet currently has an officia ...

, 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

Turkman Valley Torkman Valley or (Dare''-ye'' Torkman, prs, دره ترکمن; haz, دره تورکمو) is a valley in Afghanistan located in Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan Province in Hazarajat region, which is inhabited by the Hazara people. Etymology T ...

Azerbaijan

* Türkmən, Barda * Türkmən, Goychay * Türkmən, Qabala

Iran

* Turkmen Sahra * Torkamanchay * Torkaman County *

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 ...

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 To ...

* Torkaman, West Azerbaijan * Tappeh Torkaman * Qarah Tappeh, Torkaman

Iraq

* Turkmeneli

Northern Cyprus

* Kontea, known in Turkish as Türkmenköy

Syria

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 ...

Turkey

* Türkmen, Çüngüş * Türkmen, Emirdağ * Türkmen, Gölpazarı * Türkmen, Keşan * Türkmen, Vezirköprü * Türkmenakören, Emirdağ

Turkmenistan

* Türkmenabat *

Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy ( Turkmen Cyrillic: Түркменбашы, Turkmen Arabic; توركمنباشی, also spelled Turkmenbashi, a back-formation of the Cyrillic Түркменбаши), formerly known as Krasnovodsk (russian: Красноводск), ...

Surname

* Behçet Türkmen (1899–1968), Turkish military officer * 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 (1927–2022), 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 The music of the nomadic and rural Turkmen people is closely related to Kyrgyz and Kazakh folk forms. Important musical traditions in Turkmen music include traveling singers and shamans called ''bakshy'', who act as healers and magicians and ...

* Turkmen rug, a type of handmade floor-covering originating in Central Asia

Media

Türkmen Owazy 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 desc ...

, a music TV channel in Turkmenistan * Türkmeneli TV, a bilingual (Arabic and Turkish) TV channel based in Iraq and Turkey

Other uses

* Someone or something related to

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

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 The Turkmenian kulan (''Equus hemionus kulan''), also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the ', is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Central Asia. It was declared Endangered in 2016. The species's p ...

, ''Equus hemionus kulan'', a type of wild ass *

Turkoman (horse) Turkoman (April 11, 1982 - December 21, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Background Owned and bred by Corbin Robertson, he was sired by 1989 United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee Alydar out of the Table Play mare ...

(born 1982), an American Thoroughbred racehorse

Films

* ''Torkaman'' (film), a 1974 Iranian film