Turkmens - Wikipedia Today, the terms Turkmen and Turkoman are usually restricted to two Turkic groups: the Turkmen people of Turkmenistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia and Iran, and the Turkomans of Iraq and Syria
Turkmenistan | People, Geography, Government, History | Britannica From 1925 to 1991 Turkmenistan was the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent (union) republic of the Soviet Union; it declared independence on October 27, 1991 The capital is Ashgabat (Ashkhabad), which lies near the southern border with Iran
Turkmenistan | Culture, Facts Travel | - CountryReports There is one government-owned and regulated taxi company, operating in Ashgabat, which charges a flat fee of 8 Denominated Turkmen Manat (about $ 2 80 at the March, 2011 exchange rate) for a one-way trip within Ashgabat city limits
Turkmenistan - Wikipedia The name of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistan) can be divided into two components: the ethnonym Türkmen and the Persian suffix -stan meaning "place of" or "country"
Turkmenistan - Nomadic, Desert, Ethnic Groups | Britannica Turkmen carpets and rugs, long renowned for their durability and unique designs, are exported to more than 50 countries Among Turkmen carpets well-known in the West are those made by the Tekke, Yomut, Salor, and Ersari Turkmens and called by those names
Turkmenistan - Country Profile - Nations Online Project Turkmenistan facts: Official web sites of Turkmenistan, links and information on Turkmenistan's art, culture, geography, history, travel and tourism, cities, the capital city, airlines, embassies, tourist boards and newspapers
Turkmen language - Wikipedia Turkmen literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in Old Oghuz Turkic and Turkmen languages Turkmens are direct descendants of the Oghuz Turks, who were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family
Turkmen - Wikipedia 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 Lebanese Turkmen, a Turkish minority living in
Turkmen | Central Asia, Nomadic, Herding | Britannica Turkmen, people who speak a language belonging to the southwestern branch of the Turkic languages The majority live in Turkmenistan and in neighbouring parts of Central Asia and numbered more than 6 million at the beginning of the 21st century