Turkmen people
Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family. Engagements, marriages, and the circumcision of boys, known as the sünnet parties, are big festivals.
 Turkmen man of Ashgabat wearing a traditional Kalpak hat | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 6 million[a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Turkmenistan | 4,248,000[1] |
 Iran | 1,328,585[2] |
 Afghanistan | 200,000[3] |
 Uzbekistan | 152,000[4] |
 Pakistan | 110,000[5] |
 Russia | 46,885[6] |
 Tajikistan | 15,171[7] |
 Ukraine | 7,709[8] |
| Languages | |
| Turkmen language | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Turkic peoples | |
The term Turkoman was also used for people who take a Turkish identity and lost there own original Background, as example in the case of the so called Balkan Turkoman Gipsys, a subgroup of the Xoraxane Roma.[9]
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References
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- "Ethnic Groups". Library of Congress Country Studies. 1997. Retrieved 2010-10-08. ^ Jump up to: a b
- Alisher Ilhamov (2002). Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan. Open Society Institute: Tashkent.
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- 2002 Tajikistani census (2010)
- "About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001". Ukraine Census 2001. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355873685_Turcoman_Gypsies_in_the_Balkans_Just_a_Preferred_Identity_or_More
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