Ethnic Groups in Iran - Iranian Turkmen

Iranian Turkmen

There are over 500.000 Turkmen who are primarily concentrated in the provinces of Golestān and North Khorasan.

In Golestān the northern half is inhabited by Turkmen people.The largest Turkmen city in the province is Gonbade Kavoos.The southern half including the capital of the province, Gorgan is inhabited by ethnic Persians and they have adopted the Tehrani dialect of Persian.