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The major modern Turkmen tribes are Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng, and Saryk. [1] [2] The most numerous are the Teke.[3]The origin of all of these tribes is traced to 24 ancient Oghuz tribes, among which the Salur tribe played a prominent role as its people are considered the ancestors of modern Turkmen tribes such as Teke, Yomut and Ersari.
Like other Turkmen tribes, the Saryk are known as carpet-makers and have their own distinctive style: dark red-brown carpets with the pattern picked out in fine, thin lines. [7] They use a symmetrical (Turkish) knot, like the Yomut do. [9] The Saryk are also famed for their jewellery. [10]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Oghuz Turkic ethnic group of Central Asia This article is about the Central Asian ethnic group. For other ethnic groups, see Turkmen (disambiguation) § Ethnic groups. Ethnic group Turkmens Türkmenler Түркменлер توركمنلر Turkmens in folk costume at the 20th ...
He had been the founder of the Sayin Khan Turkmen confederation and considered to be father of Ersari people. He assembled all Turkmens, those that remained in Central Asia after the Mongol invasion of Central Asia. He played a leading role in consolidation of Turkmen tribes at that arduous period in Central Asia. [citation needed]
The Chowdur tribe, particularly those members who settled in Khorezm oasis' Kalinin district also speak the Chowdur dialect. [2] It is considered one of the major dialects spoken in modern Turkmenistan along with Arsari, Goklen, Teke, Salir, Sarik, and Yomud.
Historically each Turkmen tribe has had its own unique carpet pattern, clothing, headgear and dialect. [7] [8] [9] Teke Turkmen carpets often feature a standard Teke rosette (Turkmen: göl), called the guşly göl, which in the words of O'Bannon "has the least variation of all Turkoman guls [sic] and has apparently changed least through time.
The refugees, who were orphaned twin sisters and resided in Birmingham, England, were claiming asylum in the country. [19] Kyrgyz former politician Maxim Bakiyev is a resident in the United Kingdom. [20] [21] In 2015, the UN estimated there were 1,132 Kyrgyz residents in the UK. [2]
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