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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Americans of Turkish birth or descent Ethnic group Turkish Americans Türk Amerikalılar The 27th Annual Turkish Day Parade (2008) in New York Total population 252,256 [a] 2023 American Community Survey 350,000-500,000 Turkish Coalition of America Regions with significant populations ...
The current majority view for the etymology of the name is that it comes from Türk and the Turkic emphasizing suffix -men, meaning 'most Turkish of the Turks' or 'pure-blooded Turks.' [69] [70] Thus, the ethnic consciousness among some, but not all Turkic tribes as "Turkmens" in the Islamic era came long after the fall of the non-Muslim ...
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...
Although there are debates about its inception, the history of the Turks is an important part of world history. The history of all people that emerged in Eurasia and North Africa has been affected by the movements of the Turks to some degree. Turks also played an important role in bringing Eastern cultures to the West and Western cultures to ...
Additionally, Turks who immigrated from countries neighboring Turkey are also counted in this figure. It's likely that most of the Turkish Venezuelans trace their ancestry to immigrants from the Ottoman Empire, who arrived to Venezuela at the same time most of the Arab diaspora in South America had emigrated as well. [citation needed]
The mass immigration of Turks also led to them forming the largest ethnic minority group in Austria, [115] Denmark, [116] Germany, [117] and the Netherlands. [117] There are also Turkish communities in other parts of Europe as well as in North America, Australia and the Post-Soviet states. Turks are the 13th largest ethnic group in the world.
A map showing the Seljuk Empire at its height, upon the death of Malik Shah I in 1092. The Seljuk Empire (Persian: آل سلجوق, romanized: Āl-e Saljuq, lit. 'House of Saljuq') or the Great Seljuq Empire [229] [230] [231] was a high medieval Turko-Persian [232] Sunni Muslim empire, originating from the Qiniq branch of Oghuz Turks. [233]
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