Turks - People / Groups

People / Groups

  • Turkish people, an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey
  • Ottoman Turks, historical Turkish-speaking population of the Ottoman Empire who formed the base of the state's military and ruling classes
  • Seljuq Turks, a historical Turkish Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually adopted Persian culture
  • Oghuz Turks, a historical Turkic tribal confederation conventionally named Oghuz Yabgu State in Central Asia during the early medieval period
  • Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups that live in northern, eastern, central and western Asia, northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe
  • Göktürks, a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia
  • Karlugh Turks, an ethnic group found in Pakistan
  • Turk (caste), a Muslim community found in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Turk Jamat, a Muslim community found in Gujarat, India
  • Young Turks, a political party in the late Ottoman Empire

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