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TurkmenMember of a Central Asian people belonging to the southwestern branch of the Turkic linguistic group. At the beginning of the 21st century, they numbered more than six million, and most lived in Turkmenistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia. A significant number also live in Iran and parts of Turkey and Afghanistan, and there are pockets of Turkmen in northern Iraq and Syria. Initially a nomadic pastoral people living in tent villages, many took up agriculture while under Soviet rule. Most are Muslim, and they have traditionally divided themselves by economic function. They are patrilineal, and each family or tribal group is headed by a khan. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those in the first Governing Council in July 2003, for example, were chosen not as Iraqis but as representatives of the Shi'i, Kurdish, Sunni, Assyrian, Chaldean and Turkoman communities. 143), the same author states that "Afghans overwhelmingly favour the country's territorial integrity over joining ethnic cousins across Pakistani, Iranian, Turkoman, Uzbek, or Tajik borders. POPULATION: 29,000,000; 75 - 80% Arab, 15 - 20% Kurdish, 5% Turkoman, Assyrian, and others. |
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