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29-693: [REDACTED] Look up Turkmen , Turkoman , turkmen , or Türkmen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Turkmen , Türkmen , Turkoman , or Turkman may refer to: Peoples [ edit ] Historical ethnonym [ edit ] Turkoman (ethnonym) , ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups [ edit ] Turkmen in Anatolia and

58-1111: A Turkish minority living in Lebanon Syrian Turkmen , a Turkish minority living mostly in northern Syria Yörüks , a semi-nomadic group in Anatolia often referred to as Turkmen in Turkey Anatolian beyliks , small principalities in Anatolia governed by Beys, late 11th–13th centuries Turkmens , a Turkic people native to Central Asia living primarily in Turkmenistan and North Caucasus Iranian Turkmens , Turkmen minority living in Iran Afghan Turkmens , Turkmen minority living in Afghanistan Turkmen in Pakistan , mostly Turkmen refugees from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan living in Pakistan Turkmen tribes ,

87-548: A Turkmen character, Amin. He also indicated the generosity and kind-hearted spirit of the Turkmens in his poem about Amin. Famous Turkmens from within Turkmen Sahra include the spiritual leader, national poet and unifier of Turkmen society Magtymguly Pyragy , who was born in a village outside Gonbad. The central Iranian authorities erected a mausoleum over his grave. Other persons born are Agha Mohammed Khan, founder of

116-410: A city like Bandar Turkmen to a neighboring village, the differences were so great that the tourists felt that they had traveled back in time. There were few welfare services in the villages and people used horses and donkeys to travel. Buses, taxis, and private cars were only found in larger cities. These differences contributed to illiteracy among the village dwellers. This is despite the fact that after

145-412: A richer life economically than the people of other regions of Iran. Although there was poverty in small parts, most people lived a prosperous life and could afford to provide material goods at home. This was unusual for some regions of Iran at that time. Before the revolution, due to the lack of facilities and infrastructure, there was a big difference between villages and cities, so that when they went from

174-520: A semi-nomadic group in Anatolia often referred to as Turkmen in Turkey Anatolian beyliks , small principalities in Anatolia governed by Beys, late 11th–13th centuries Turkmens , a Turkic people native to Central Asia living primarily in Turkmenistan and North Caucasus Iranian Turkmens , Turkmen minority living in Iran Afghan Turkmens , Turkmen minority living in Afghanistan Turkmen in Pakistan , mostly Turkmen refugees from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan living in Pakistan Turkmen tribes ,

203-641: A type of handmade floor-covering originating in Central Asia Media [ edit ] Türkmen Owazy , a music TV channel in Turkmenistan Türkmeneli TV , a bilingual (Arabic and Turkish) TV channel based in Iraq and Turkey Other uses [ edit ] Someone or something related to Turkmenistan Animals [ edit ] Hybrid camel , sometimes called a Turkoman Central Asian Shepherd Dog , known as

232-441: A type of handmade floor-covering originating in Central Asia Media [ edit ] Türkmen Owazy , a music TV channel in Turkmenistan Türkmeneli TV , a bilingual (Arabic and Turkish) TV channel based in Iraq and Turkey Other uses [ edit ] Someone or something related to Turkmenistan Animals [ edit ] Hybrid camel , sometimes called a Turkoman Central Asian Shepherd Dog , known as

261-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Turkmen [REDACTED] Look up Turkmen , Turkoman , turkmen , or Türkmen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Turkmen , Türkmen , Turkoman , or Turkman may refer to: Peoples [ edit ] Historical ethnonym [ edit ] Turkoman (ethnonym) , ethnonym used for

290-532: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Turkmen Sahra Turkmens today in Turkmen Sahra live fairly modern lifestyles, although the effects of religion and the Muslim way of life are visible. The economy is based on industry, even if agriculture still plays a great role in some Turkmens' life, like in other places of Iran. The professions among Turkmens show

319-485: Is provisions or grocers of different kind, a refining process of different sort of eatables such as different kind of mills, beverages as pepsi, zam zam and others. There were different kind of small scale industries such as train suppliers and builders but almost all have been dismantled and set up other places of Iran. As a result many people, ethnic Turkmens have lost their jobs and have a hard time recovering. Another important and famous but who doesn't generate great income

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348-693: Is the Russian caviar industries. Half of Iran's Russian caviar is caught and refined in Bandar Torkaman. Future possibilities are vast since oil has been discovered in Turkmen Sahra north parts near the border to Turkmenistan in the 1930s but due to deal with the Soviet Union no oil industry exists at the moment. Turkmens came first to the region at the time of their forefathers, the Seljuk Turks , thought early nomads empires has existed since

377-460: The Hsiung-nu , Asian Huns. Today's Turkmens have a bride fee : the bridegroom gives away a fee for taking the girl's hand. In tradition the girl's family provides even greater economic starting capital to the newlyweds' life. For example the bridegroom buys gold for the bride to wear; in return the bride's family buys daily life equipment for the new household. The wedding itself, in times before

406-663: The Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish descendants): Until the 17th and 18th centuries, Azerbaijani Turks were also called this way Iraqi Turkmen , a Turkish minority living mostly in the Turkmeneli region in northern Iraq Israeli Turkmen , a Turkish minority living in Israel Turks in Lebanon , a Turkish minority living in Lebanon Syrian Turkmen , a Turkish minority living mostly in northern Syria Yörüks ,

435-417: The Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups [ edit ] Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish descendants): Until the 17th and 18th centuries, Azerbaijani Turks were also called this way Iraqi Turkmen , a Turkish minority living mostly in the Turkmeneli region in northern Iraq Israeli Turkmen , a Turkish minority living in Israel Turks in Lebanon ,

464-487: The Turkmen Alabai Turkoman horse , or Turkmene, an extinct breed of horse from Turkmenistan Turkmenian kulan , Equus hemionus kulan , a type of wild ass Turkoman (horse) (born 1982), an American Thoroughbred racehorse Films [ edit ] Torkaman (film) , a 1974 Iranian film See also [ edit ] Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen manat ,

493-411: The Turkmen Alabai Turkoman horse , or Turkmene, an extinct breed of horse from Turkmenistan Turkmenian kulan , Equus hemionus kulan , a type of wild ass Turkoman (horse) (born 1982), an American Thoroughbred racehorse Films [ edit ] Torkaman (film) , a 1974 Iranian film See also [ edit ] Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen manat ,

522-593: The currency of Turkmenistan Turkoman people (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Turkmen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkmen&oldid=1242437681 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

551-593: The currency of Turkmenistan Turkoman people (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Turkmen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkmen&oldid=1242437681 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

580-582: The early age of Massagets or even earlier. According to the Avesta Afrasiyab the legendary king of Turan hailed from Turkmen Sahra. Before the era of Reza Khan, later Reza Shah , there was a landmass from Khiva in north to Bandar gaz in south were Turkmens inhabited the area was called Turkmenistan . Due to the Great Game and famous resistance of Turkmens to great powers as czar Russia and England Turkmens lost their independence and their country

609-623: The major modern Turkmen tribes that live in Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan Other uses for people [ edit ] Türkmen (surname) , list of people with the surname Qarapapaqs or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus Oghuz Turks , a large branch of Turkic peoples, historically Muslim nomadic Oghuz Turks (in the 10th–18th centuries) Languages [ edit ] Eastern Oghuz [ edit ] Turkmen language ,

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638-490: The major modern Turkmen tribes that live in Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan Other uses for people [ edit ] Türkmen (surname) , list of people with the surname Qarapapaqs or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus Oghuz Turks , a large branch of Turkic peoples, historically Muslim nomadic Oghuz Turks (in the 10th–18th centuries) Languages [ edit ] Eastern Oghuz [ edit ] Turkmen language ,

667-1521: The official language of Turkmenistan Turkmen alphabet , used for official purposes in Turkmenistan Western Oghuz [ edit ] Iraqi Turkmen/Turkman dialects , a Turkish dialect in Iraq Syrian Turkmen/Turkman dialects , a Turkish dialect in Syria Places [ edit ] Afghanistan [ edit ] Turkman Valley Azerbaijan [ edit ] Türkmən, Barda Türkmən, Goychay Türkmən, Qabala Iran [ edit ] Turkmen Sahra Torkamanchay Torkaman County Central District (Torkaman County) Bandar Torkaman Torkaman, West Azerbaijan Tappeh Torkaman Qarah Tappeh, Torkaman Iraq [ edit ] Turkmeneli Northern Cyprus [ edit ] Kontea , known in Turkish as Türkmenköy Syria [ edit ] Turkmen Mountain Turkey [ edit ] Türkmen, Çüngüş Türkmen, Emirdağ Türkmen, Gölpazarı Türkmen, Keşan Türkmen, Vezirköprü Türkmenakören, Emirdağ Turkmenistan [ edit ] Türkmenabat Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan Culture [ edit ] Music of Turkmenistan Turkmen rug ,

696-1196: The official language of Turkmenistan Turkmen alphabet , used for official purposes in Turkmenistan Western Oghuz [ edit ] Iraqi Turkmen/Turkman dialects , a Turkish dialect in Iraq Syrian Turkmen/Turkman dialects , a Turkish dialect in Syria Places [ edit ] Afghanistan [ edit ] Turkman Valley Azerbaijan [ edit ] Türkmən, Barda Türkmən, Goychay Türkmən, Qabala Iran [ edit ] Turkmen Sahra Torkamanchay Torkaman County Central District (Torkaman County) Bandar Torkaman Torkaman, West Azerbaijan Tappeh Torkaman Qarah Tappeh, Torkaman Iraq [ edit ] Turkmeneli Northern Cyprus [ edit ] Kontea , known in Turkish as Türkmenköy Syria [ edit ] Turkmen Mountain Turkey [ edit ] Türkmen, Çüngüş Türkmen, Emirdağ Türkmen, Gölpazarı Türkmen, Keşan Türkmen, Vezirköprü Türkmenakören, Emirdağ Turkmenistan [ edit ] Türkmenabat Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan Culture [ edit ] Music of Turkmenistan Turkmen rug ,

725-434: The pattern of a modern economy even if there are still some shortcomings due to lack of funding from the central authorities. The economic potential of Turkmen Sahra is large since a vast amount of oil was discovered early in the 1930s. But since there was a deal with the Soviet Union that there would be no oil extraction from Turkmen Sahra, there is not an oil industry at the moment. Before the revolution of 1979, Turkmens had

754-473: The revolution and the development of the country's infrastructure, the level of literacy in this region has increased significantly, but unfortunately, the level of welfare and livelihood of the people has decreased to the same extent and maybe more. Other cultural traits can be seen as in the weddings where Turkmens still practice several day weddings. An ancient tradition hailing back to the Göktürks or even

783-459: The revolution, lasted several days where often all the relatives, clan members, and in some cases the whole village would turn up to celebrate. Common activities were to have races where the winner would receive a prize, contests in göresh traditional Turkmen wrestling, horse races and more. Today those traditions have perished instead there are a modern segment like private weddings hold in western countries. The main industries of Turkmen Sahra today

812-403: Was formed. During that time a gurultai like the ones Gökturks held was held to elect a mullah as their leader, called Osman Akhun. It is the first democratically modern Turkmen assemblement ever hold. Turkmens are considered by outsiders who visited their area to be generous, kind-hearted thought even having the trait of being hot-headed. Ahmad Shamlou , a famous Persian writer, wrote a novel about

841-553: Was split in two lands. After the Battle of Geok Tepe over one million Turkmens fled through Iran over to Afghanistan were their descents still live today. The first time in history Turkmens had shown resistance to central authority of Iran was in early 1920 when Reza Khan unified Iran he meet resistance of a Turkmen group and a leader called Anna-Geldi Ach, the later used to deploy sneak attacks from Turkmen Sahra and use hit and run tactics and hide into modern Turkmenistan before SSR Turkmen

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