Tyurks
The countries and autonomous regions where a Turkic language has official status and/or is spoken by a majority.
|
|
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Approx. 140–160 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Turkey
|
57,500,000–61,500,000 |
 Uzbekistan
|
25,200,000 |
 Iran
|
15,000,000 |
 Russia
|
12,751,502 |
 Kazakhstan
|
12,300,000 |
 China
|
11,647,000 |
 Azerbaijan
|
10,000,000 |
 European Union
|
5,876,318 |
 Turkmenistan
|
4,500,000 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
4,500,000 |
 Afghanistan
|
3,500,000 |
 Iraq
|
1,500,000 |
 Tajikistan
|
1,200,000 |
 United States
|
1,000,000+ |
 Syria
|
800,000-1,000,000+ |
 Bulgaria
|
590,661 |
 Ukraine
|
398,600 |
 North Cyprus
|
313,626 |
 Australia
|
293,500 |
 Georgia
|
305,539 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
224,460 |
 Mongolia
|
202,086 |
 Lebanon
|
200,000 |
 Pakistan
|
180,000 |
 Moldova
|
154,461 |
 Macedonia
|
81,900 |
| Languages | |
| Turkic languages | |
| Religion | |
|
Islam |
|
Islam
(Sunni · Nondenominational Muslims · Cultural Muslim · Quranist Muslim · Alevi · Twelver Shia · Ja'fari)
Christianity
(Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
Judaism
(Djudios Turkos · Sabbataists · Karaites)
Irreligion
(Agnosticism · Atheism)
The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethno-linguistic groups of central, eastern, northern, and western Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits, common ancestry and historical backgrounds. The most notable modern Turkic ethnic groups are Turks, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Turkmens and Kyrgyz people.
The first known mention of the term Turk (Old Turkic: ...
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