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The '''Yörüks''', also '''Yuruks''' or '''Yorouks''' ({{lang-tr|Yörükler}}; {{Lang-el|Γιουρούκοι}}, ''Youroúkoi''; {{lang-bg|юруци}}; {{lang-mk|Јуруци}}, ''Juruci''), are a ] ethnic subgroup of ],<ref>Klyashtorny, S.G. (1997) in ''International Journal of Eurasian Studies'' '''2'''</ref> <ref>Vakalopoulos, Apostolos Euangelou. "'' Origins of the Greek Nation: The Byzantine Period, 1204-1461''". ], 1970. , , </ref><ref name="Cahit 2004"/> some of whom are ]ic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of ], and partly in the ].<ref name="Georgoudis2005"/> On the Balkans Yörüks are distributed over a wide area from southern Serbia, parts of Bulgaria, north to Larissa in Thessaly and southern Thrace.<ref name="Europa ethnica">Svanberg, Ingvar: The turkish-speaking ethnic groups in Europe (pp.65-128) in . W. Braumüller, 1984, p.68.</ref><ref>A Bibliography of the Turkish-speaking Tribal Yörüks, by ] (Uppsala). . Studienverlag Brockmeyer, 1981, page 21.</ref> Their name derives from the Turkish verb yürü- (''yürümek'' in ]), which means "to walk", with the word ''yörük'' or ''yürük'' designating "those who walk on the hindlegs, walkers".<ref>] - ''TDK Online Dictionary''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404021912/http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=y%c3%b6r%c3%bck |date=April 4, 2009 }}, {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404021912/http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=y%c3%bcr%c3%bck |date=April 4, 2009 }} {{in lang|tr}}</ref><ref> ''Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.'' ]. 2002.</ref> The Yörüks were under the Yörük Sanjak, ({{lang-tr|Yörük Sancağı}}) which was not a territorial unit like the other ]s, but a separate organisational unit of the ].<ref name="ЋирковићМихаљчић1999">{{cite book|author1=Сима Ћирковић|author2=Раде Михаљчић|title=Лексикон српског средњег века|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AypYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=23 March 2013|year=1999|publisher=Knowledge|page=645|isbn=9788683233014}}</ref><ref name="Matkovski1983">{{cite book|author=Aleksandar Matkovski|title=Otpor na Makedonija vo vremeto na turskoto vladeenje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHBIAQAAIAAJ|access-date=23 March 2013|year=1983|publisher=Misla|page=372}}</ref> The '''Yörüks''', also '''Yuruks''' or '''Yorouks''' ({{langx|tr|Yörükler}}; {{Langx|el|Γιουρούκοι}}, ''Youroúkoi''; {{langx|bg|юруци}}; {{langx|mk|Јуруци}}, ''Juruci''), are a ] ethnic subgroup of ],<ref>Klyashtorny, S.G. (1997) in ''International Journal of Eurasian Studies'' '''2'''</ref><ref>Vakalopoulos, Apostolos Euangelou. "'' Origins of the Greek Nation: The Byzantine Period, 1204-1461''". ], 1970. , , </ref><ref name="Cahit 2004"/> some of whom are ]ic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of ], and partly in the ].<ref name="Georgoudis2005"/> On the Balkans Yörüks are distributed over a wide area from the eastern parts of North Macedonia, parts of Bulgaria, north to Larissa in Thessaly and southern Thrace.<ref name="Europa ethnica">Svanberg, Ingvar: The turkish-speaking ethnic groups in Europe (pp.65-128) in . W. Braumüller, 1984, p.68.</ref><ref>A Bibliography of the Turkish-speaking Tribal Yörüks, by ] (Uppsala). . Studienverlag Brockmeyer, 1981, page 21.</ref> Their name derives from the Turkish verb yürü- (''yürümek'' in ]), which means "to walk", with the word ''yörük'' or ''yürük'' designating "those who walk on the hindlegs, walkers".<ref>] - ''TDK Online Dictionary''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404021912/http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=y%c3%b6r%c3%bck |date=April 4, 2009 }}, {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404021912/http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=y%c3%bcr%c3%bck |date=April 4, 2009 }} {{in lang|tr}}</ref><ref> ''Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.'' ]. 2002.</ref> The Yörüks were under the Yörük Sanjak, ({{langx|tr|Yörük Sancağı}}) which was not a territorial unit like the other ]s, but a separate organisational unit of the ].<ref name="ЋирковићМихаљчић1999">{{cite book|author1=Сима Ћирковић|author2=Раде Михаљчић|title=Лексикон српског средњег века|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AypYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=23 March 2013|year=1999|publisher=Knowledge|page=645|isbn=9788683233014}}</ref><ref name="Matkovski1983">{{cite book|author=Aleksandar Matkovski|title=Otpor na Makedonija vo vremeto na turskoto vladeenje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHBIAQAAIAAJ|access-date=23 March 2013|year=1983|publisher=Misla|page=372}}</ref>


According to some, those tribes residing in the east of the ] are called Turkmen and those in the west Yörük. Both terms were used together in Ottoman sources for ]li Turkmens living in ] and its surroundings.<ref>Solak, İbrahim. .</ref> The ethnohistorical terms ] and Turkmen are used synonymously in literature to designate Yörük ancestry.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/> According to some, those tribes residing in the east of the ] are called Turkmen and those in the west Yörük. Both terms were used together in Ottoman sources for ]li Turkmens living in ] and its surroundings.<ref>Solak, İbrahim. .</ref> The ethnohistorical terms ] and Turkmen are used synonymously in literature to designate Yörük ancestry.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/>
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The Yörüks are divided in a large number of named endogamous patrilineal tribes (aşiret). Among recent tribes mentioned in the literature are Aksigirli, Ali Efendi, Bahsıs, Cakallar, Coşlu, Qekli, Gacar, Güzelbeyli, Horzum, Karaevli, Karahacılı, Karakoyunlu, Karakayalı, Karalar, Karakeçili, Manavlı, Melemenci, San Agalı, Sanhacılı, Sarıkeçili, Tekeli and Yeni Osmanlı. The tribes are splittered in clans or lineages, i.e. ''kabile'', ''sülale'' or ''oba''.<ref>Materialia Turcica, vol. 5-8, Studienverlag Brockmeyer., 1981, p.25</ref> The Yörüks are divided in a large number of named endogamous patrilineal tribes (aşiret). Among recent tribes mentioned in the literature are Aksigirli, Ali Efendi, Bahsıs, Cakallar, Coşlu, Qekli, Gacar, Güzelbeyli, Horzum, Karaevli, Karahacılı, Karakoyunlu, Karakayalı, Karalar, Karakeçili, Manavlı, Melemenci, San Agalı, Sanhacılı, Sarıkeçili, Tekeli and Yeni Osmanlı. The tribes are splittered in clans or lineages, i.e. ''kabile'', ''sülale'' or ''oba''.<ref>Materialia Turcica, vol. 5-8, Studienverlag Brockmeyer., 1981, p.25</ref>
* '''Anatolian Yörüks:''' İçel Yörüks, Alaiye Yörüks, Tekeli Yörüks, ] Yörüks, Haruniye Yörüks, ] Yörüks, Ankara Yörüks, Eğridir Yörüks, Araç Yörüks, Taraklı Yörüks, Murtana Yörüks, Nacaklı Yörüks, Nasırlı Yörüks, Eski Yörüks, Toraman Yörük, Tacirleri Yörüks, Tor Yörüks.<ref name="Cahit 2004">Gelekçi, Cahit (2004). . Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, Güz 2004, Issue '''1''' ISSN 1305-5992</ref> * '''Anatolian Yörüks:''' Mersin Yörüks, Alaiye Yörüks, Tekeli Yörüks, ] Yörüks, Haruniye Yörüks, ] Yörüks, Ankara Yörüks, Eğridir Yörüks, Araç Yörüks, Taraklı Yörüks, Murtana Yörüks, Nacaklı Yörüks, Nasırlı Yörüks, Eski Yörüks, Toraman Yörük, Tacirleri Yörüks, Tor Yörüks.<ref name="Cahit 2004">Gelekçi, Cahit (2004). . Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, Güz 2004, Issue '''1''' ISSN 1305-5992</ref>


===Sarıkeçili Yörüks=== ===Sarıkeçili Yörüks===
The ] tribes (Turk. "yellow goat") are the last Yörüks (Turkish nomads) maintaining the nomadic way of life. They mainly live in the ], in the central-eastern parts of Turkish Mediterranean coast, and consist of about 200 families. Their winter camp is in ], ] and ] coasts. In summer they live in the districts of ] and ] of the ]. Their nomad tents can be seen throughout the Mediterranean coastal sides of Turkey. This is a very common practice among old Turkic tribes in central Asia even nowadays.<ref name="Georgoudis2005">A. Georgoudis, A. Rosati, C. Mosconi. '''' Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2 Aug 2005, page 621-622.</ref><ref name="GSED">A. Metin KARKIN / Selin OYAN. ''''. Atatürk Üniveristesi Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi. Journal of the Fine Arts Institute (GSED), '''35''', Erzurum 2015, pp. 271-285.</ref> ] tradition, known as “Boğaz Havası” or “Boğaz Çalma”, has an important aspect in the culture of the Sarıkeçili Yörüks, it is performed by pressing the throat with a finger while singing with a sound.<ref name="GSED"/><ref name="Cahit 2004"/> The ] or "Yellow Goats" are the last Yörüks maintaining the nomadic way of life. They mainly live in ] in the central-eastern parts of the ] and consist of about 200 families. Their winter camps are in the coasts of ], ] and ]. In summer they live in the districts of ] and ] in ]. Their nomad tents can be seen throughout the Mediterranean coastal sides of Turkey. This is a very common practice among old Turkic tribes in central Asia even nowadays.<ref name="Georgoudis2005">{{cite book | editor1 = A. Georgoudis | editor2 = A. Rosati | editor3 = C. Mosconi | date = 2 August 2005 | title = Animal production and natural resources utilisation in the Mediterranean mountain areas | publisher = Wageningen Academic Publishers | pages =621–622 | isbn = 9789086865611 | oclc = 1120537130 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ahHTDwAAQBAJ}}.</ref><ref name="GSED">A. Metin KARKIN / Selin OYAN. ''''. Atatürk Üniveristesi Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi. Journal of the Fine Arts Institute (GSED), '''35''', Erzurum 2015, pp. 271-285.</ref> A ] tradition, known as “Boğaz Havası” or “Boğaz Çalma”, has an important aspect in the culture of the Sarıkeçili Yörüks, it is performed by pressing the throat with a finger while singing with a sound.<ref name="GSED"/><ref name="Cahit 2004"/>

In the past centuries, many Sarıkeçili tribes also resided in these areas: ], ], ], ], ], ], Doğanhisarı, ], ], ], ], ], ]. Most Sarıkeçili tribes living in these areas have already accepted the sedentary way of life. The Sarıkeçili around Antalya and Mersin are the last representatives of Yörük nomadism.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/><ref>Dulkadir, Hilmi (1997). , İçel Valiliği Yayınları</ref> They are considered ‘the only group representing the Turkish migration from Central Asia’.<ref name="Thevenin"/> In the past centuries, many Sarıkeçili tribes also resided in these areas: ] (today Mersin), ], ], ], ], ], Doğanhisarı, ], ], ], ], ], ]. Most Sarıkeçili tribes living in these areas have already accepted the sedentary way of life. The Sarıkeçili around Antalya and Mersin are the last representatives of Yörük nomadism.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/><ref>Dulkadir, Hilmi (1997). , İçel Valiliği Yayınları</ref> Sarıkeçilis are considered ‘the only group representing the Turkish migration from Central Asia’.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thevenin |first=Michaël |date=2011-11-23 |title=Kurdish Transhumance: Pastoral practices in South-east Turkey |journal=Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=23 |doi=10.1186/2041-7136-1-23 |doi-access=free |issn=2041-7136 |quote="The Sarikeçilis are said to be the last Turkmen nomadic tribes from Anatolia and the only group representing the Turkish migration from Central Asia."}}</ref>


=== Lifestyle === === Lifestyle ===
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* '''Rumelian Yörüks:''' Atçekenler/Tanrıdağı Yörüks, Naldöken Yörüks, Kocacık Yörüks, Ofcabolu Yörüks, Vize Yörüks, Yanbolu Yörüks, Selanik Yörüks.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/> Tekirdağ Yürüks.<ref>Çevik, Hikmet (1971). Tekirdağ Yürükleri, Tekirdağ Halkevi Yayını, İstanbul</ref> * '''Rumelian Yörüks:''' Atçekenler/Tanrıdağı Yörüks, Naldöken Yörüks, Kocacık Yörüks, Ofcabolu Yörüks, Vize Yörüks, Yanbolu Yörüks, Selanik Yörüks.<ref name="Cahit 2004"/> Tekirdağ Yürüks.<ref>Çevik, Hikmet (1971). Tekirdağ Yürükleri, Tekirdağ Halkevi Yayını, İstanbul</ref>


In 1900 the Rumelian Turkish population in the Balkans was estimated at seven million. Shortly after the independence of the ], they formed the majority in the country. Several migrations led to a decline of the Rumelian Turkish population, leaving about 1.5 million people by 1925. Many Rumelian Turks in Greece are not counted in census because they are registered as Christians to escape discrimination.<ref>, Volume 3 of ''Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World'', James Minahan, Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn., '''2002''') {{ISBN|0313316171}}, 9780313316173 pp. 1611–1616.</ref><ref>, Walter de Gruyter '''2011'''.</ref> Due to religious, linguistic and social differences, most part of Rumelian Turks did not intermarry or mix with the native populations of the Balkans.<ref>Vol. 2 of '''' (Greenwood Press, '''1984''') by Richard V. Weekes, {{ISBN|0313233926}}, p.821.</ref> In 1900 the Rumelian Turkish population in the Balkans was estimated at seven million. Shortly after the independence of the ], they formed a significant minority in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/27913581 | title=OTTOMAN POPULATION, 1830-1914: Demographic and Social Characteristics, by KEMAL H. KARPAT }}</ref> Several waves of migration led to a decline of the Rumelian Turkish population, leaving about 1.5 million people by 1925. Many Rumelian Turks in Greece are not counted in census because they are registered as Christians to escape discrimination.<ref>, Volume 3 of ''Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World'', James Minahan, Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn., '''2002''') {{ISBN|0313316171}}, 9780313316173 pp. 1611–1616.</ref><ref>, Walter de Gruyter '''2011'''.</ref> Due to religious, linguistic and social differences, most part of Rumelian Turks did not intermarry or mix with the native populations of the Balkans.<ref>Vol. 2 of '''' (Greenwood Press, '''1984''') by Richard V. Weekes, {{ISBN|0313233926}}, p.821.</ref>


As late as 1971, Rumelian Turks still formed a distinct ethnos of former nomads (known as Yorukluk). Originally, these Yörük nomads were taken from West Anatolia (], ]) to colonize parts of Rumelia, such as ] and ] in the Greek-Bulgarian-Macedonian borderland, or ] and ] in Bulgaria.<ref>Volume 3 of '' s'' (London, '''2006''') by Elizabeth Jeffreys, quotation from p. 105.</ref><ref>Volume 4 of '''' (Global Vision, '''2001'''), by Nagendra Kr Singh, {{ISBN|818774605X}}, 9788187746058.</ref><ref>, by Halil Inalcik, Studia Islamica No. 2 ('''1954'''), pp. 103-129 (27 pages) Published By: Brill DOI:10.2307/1595144</ref> As late as 1971, Rumelian Turks still formed a distinct ethnos of former nomads (known as Yorukluk). Originally, these Yörük nomads were taken from West Anatolia (], ]) to colonize parts of Rumelia, such as ] and ] in the Greek-Bulgarian-Macedonian borderland, or ] and ] in Bulgaria.<ref>Volume 3 of '' s'' (London, '''2006''') by Elizabeth Jeffreys, quotation from p. 105.</ref><ref>Volume 4 of '''' (Global Vision, '''2001'''), by Nagendra Kr Singh, {{ISBN|818774605X}}, 9788187746058.</ref><ref>, by Halil Inalcik, Studia Islamica No. 2 ('''1954'''), pp. 103-129 (27 pages) Published By: Brill DOI:10.2307/1595144</ref>


⚫ === Yörüks of North Macedonia and Bulgaria ===
After decimating the last resistance of Skanderbeg in the Albanian mountain
regions, formerly irregular Turkmen troops settled down and now form the basis of the Muslim Albanian population.

⚫ === Yörüks of Macedonia and Bulgaria ===
{{Main|Balkan Gagauz Turkish}} {{Main|Balkan Gagauz Turkish}}
In 1993, the Yörük population of Bulgaria is estimated at approx. 418 thousand people,<ref>. (cited 2014) ''Axl.cefan.ulaval.ca''. Retrieved 22 August 2020.</ref> mainly divided into Surguch (7,000 without children) and Yörük (320,000 without children).<ref> (Johnstone 1993)</ref> They live mainly in the ], in ] and the ] area in ] and in the ] and ] areas of ]. Dialects include ], Gerlovo Turk, Karamanli, Kyzylbash, Surguch, Tozluk Turk, Yuruk (Konyar, Yoruk), Prizren and Macedonian Gagauz. Current estimates of 2019 assume that in the entire Balkan region approx. 1.5 to 2.3 million people of Yörük Turkish descent live.<ref name="Açık">Açık, F. ve Yavuz R. İ. (2019). . Turkish World Journal of Language and Literature, Issue: '''48''' (Autumn 2019) - Ankara, pp. 299-326. DOI: 10.24155/tdk.2019.122.</ref> In 1993, the Yörük population of Bulgaria is estimated at approx. 418 thousand people,<ref>. (cited 2014) ''Axl.cefan.ulaval.ca''. Retrieved 22 August 2020.</ref> mainly divided into Surguch (7000 without children) and Yörük (320,000 without children).<ref> (Johnstone 1993)</ref> They live mainly in the ], in ] and the ] area in ] and in the ] and ] areas of ]. Dialects include ], Gerlovo Turk, Karamanli, Kyzylbash, Surguch, Tozluk Turk, Yuruk (Konyar, Yoruk), Prizren and Macedonian Gagauz. Current estimates of 2019 assume that in the entire Balkan region approx. 1.5 to 2.3 million people of Yörük Turkish descent live.<ref name="Açık">Açık, F. ve Yavuz R. İ. (2019). . Turkish World Journal of Language and Literature, Issue: '''48''' (Autumn 2019) - Ankara, pp. 299-326. DOI: 10.24155/tdk.2019.122.</ref>


===Kayılar Yörüks=== ===Kayılar Yörüks===
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==Iran== ==Iran==
Clans closely related to the Yörüks are scattered throughout the Anatolian Peninsula and beyond it, particularly around the chain of ] and further east around the shores of the ]. Of the Turkmens of ], the ]s come the closest to the definition of the Yörüks. An interesting offshoot of the Yörük mass are the ] of the mountainous regions of Western Anatolia who, as their name implies, have been occupied with forestry work and wood craftsmanship for centuries. Despite this, they share similar traditions (with markedly matriarchal tones in their society structure) with their other Yörük cousins. The ] people of southern Iran are also worthy of mention due to their shared characteristics.{{clarify|date=July 2014}} Clans closely related to the Yörüks are scattered throughout the Anatolian Peninsula and beyond it, particularly around the chain of ] and further east around the shores of the ]. Of the Turkmens of ], the ]s come the closest to the definition of the Yörüks. An interesting offshoot of the Yörük mass are the ] of the mountainous regions of Western Anatolia who, as their name implies, have been occupied with forestry work and wood craftsmanship for centuries. Despite this, they share similar traditions (with markedly matriarchal tones in their society structure) with their other Yörük cousins. The ] people of southern Iran are also worthy of mention due to their shared characteristics.{{clarify|date=July 2014}}

==Notable people==
*]
*] (born 1979), first Turkish astronaut
*] first Turkish female war correspondent
*] (born 1941) Turkish folk music singer


==Gallery== ==Gallery==
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File:Yoeruek18.jpg|Yörük nomads File:Yoeruek18.jpg|Yörük nomads
File:A Yörük father with his daughters, Balkusan, Karaman, Turkey, 2015.jpg|Yörük father with his daughters, central Anatolia File:A Yörük father with his daughters, Balkusan, Karaman, Turkey, 2015.jpg|Yörük father with his daughters, central Anatolia
File:Dursunbey yerelkıyafeti.JPG|Balıkesir Yörüks in traditional dress
File:DAVIS(1879) p010 YOUROUK ENCAMPMENT IN THE TAURUS.jpg|Yörük camp in the ], c. 1879 File:DAVIS(1879) p010 YOUROUK ENCAMPMENT IN THE TAURUS.jpg|Yörük camp in the ], c. 1879
File:PSM V43 D200 Yuruk encampment.jpg|Yörük encampment, c. 1893 File:PSM V43 D200 Yuruk encampment.jpg|Yörük encampment, c. 1893
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==References== ==References==
* Brailsford, H.N. ''Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future''. Methuen & Co., London, 1906. * Brailsford, H.N. ''Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future''. Methuen & Co., London, 1906.
* Cribb, Roger. ], 2004. * Cribb, Roger. ], 2004.
* Orga, Irfan. ''The Caravan Moves On''. Secker & Warburg, London, 1958, reprinted Eland, London, 2002. * Orga, Irfan. ''The Caravan Moves On''. Secker & Warburg, London, 1958, reprinted Eland, London, 2002.
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A Yörük village settled in 15th century, traditional Turkish houses

The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks (Turkish: Yörükler; Greek: Γιουρούκοι, Youroúkoi; Bulgarian: юруци; Macedonian: Јуруци, Juruci), are a Turkic ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia, and partly in the Balkan peninsula. On the Balkans Yörüks are distributed over a wide area from the eastern parts of North Macedonia, parts of Bulgaria, north to Larissa in Thessaly and southern Thrace. Their name derives from the Turkish verb yürü- (yürümek in infinitive), which means "to walk", with the word yörük or yürük designating "those who walk on the hindlegs, walkers". The Yörüks were under the Yörük Sanjak, (Turkish: Yörük Sancağı) which was not a territorial unit like the other sanjaks, but a separate organisational unit of the Ottoman Empire.

According to some, those tribes residing in the east of the Kızılırmak river are called Turkmen and those in the west Yörük. Both terms were used together in Ottoman sources for Dulkadirli Turkmens living in Maraş and its surroundings. The ethnohistorical terms Turcoman and Turkmen are used synonymously in literature to designate Yörük ancestry.

Anatolia

Yörük (red) and Turkmens (yellow) in Anatolia
Yörük shepherd in the Taurus Mountains in 2002.

Historians and ethnologists often use the additional appellative 'Yörük Turcoman' or 'Turkmens' to describe the Yörüks of Anatolia. In Turkey's general parlance today, the terms "Türkmen" and "Yörük" indicate the gradual degrees of preserved attachment with the former semi-nomadic lifestyle of the populations concerned, with the "Turkmen" now leading a fully sedentary life, while keeping parts of their heritage through folklore and traditions, in arts like carpet-weaving, with the continued habit of keeping a yayla house for the summers, sometimes in relation to the Alevi community etc. and with Yörüks maintaining a stronger association with nomadism. These names ultimately hint to their Oghuz Turkish roots. The remaining "true" Yörüks of today's Anatolia traditionally use horses as a means of transportation, though these are steadily being replaced by trucks.

The Yörüks are divided in a large number of named endogamous patrilineal tribes (aşiret). Among recent tribes mentioned in the literature are Aksigirli, Ali Efendi, Bahsıs, Cakallar, Coşlu, Qekli, Gacar, Güzelbeyli, Horzum, Karaevli, Karahacılı, Karakoyunlu, Karakayalı, Karalar, Karakeçili, Manavlı, Melemenci, San Agalı, Sanhacılı, Sarıkeçili, Tekeli and Yeni Osmanlı. The tribes are splittered in clans or lineages, i.e. kabile, sülale or oba.

  • Anatolian Yörüks: Mersin Yörüks, Alaiye Yörüks, Tekeli Yörüks, Bursa Yörüks, Haruniye Yörüks, Maraş Yörüks, Ankara Yörüks, Eğridir Yörüks, Araç Yörüks, Taraklı Yörüks, Murtana Yörüks, Nacaklı Yörüks, Nasırlı Yörüks, Eski Yörüks, Toraman Yörük, Tacirleri Yörüks, Tor Yörüks.

Sarıkeçili Yörüks

The Sarıkeçili or "Yellow Goats" are the last Yörüks maintaining the nomadic way of life. They mainly live in Mersin Province in the central-eastern parts of the Turkish Mediterranean coast and consist of about 200 families. Their winter camps are in the coasts of Silifke, Gülnar and Anamur. In summer they live in the districts of Beyşehir and Seydişehir in Konya Province. Their nomad tents can be seen throughout the Mediterranean coastal sides of Turkey. This is a very common practice among old Turkic tribes in central Asia even nowadays. A throat singing tradition, known as “Boğaz Havası” or “Boğaz Çalma”, has an important aspect in the culture of the Sarıkeçili Yörüks, it is performed by pressing the throat with a finger while singing with a sound.

In the past centuries, many Sarıkeçili tribes also resided in these areas: İçil (today Mersin), Aydın, Konya, Afyonkarahisar, Akşehir, Saruhan, Doğanhisarı, Antalya, Lake Eğirdir, Isparta, Burdur, Dazkırı, Uluborlu. Most Sarıkeçili tribes living in these areas have already accepted the sedentary way of life. The Sarıkeçili around Antalya and Mersin are the last representatives of Yörük nomadism. Sarıkeçilis are considered ‘the only group representing the Turkish migration from Central Asia’.

Lifestyle

French historian and Turkologist Jean-Paul Roux visited the Anatolian Yörüks in the late 1950s and found that the majority of them were practicing Sunni Muslims. The tribes he visited were led by elected officials called muhtars, or village headmen, rather than hereditary chiefs, although he did note that village elders maintained some social authority based on their age. For the majority of the year, they lived in dark wool tents called kara çadır. During the summer, they went up to the mountains, and in the winter they came down to the coastal plains. They kept a variety of animals, including goats, sheep, camels, and sometimes cattle.

The focus of each tribe was the family unit. Young men would move directly from their family's tent to their own upon marriage. The Yörüks married endogamously; that is, they married strictly within their own tribe. Children were raised by the tribe as a whole, who told Roux "we are all parents." Although the Yörüks had acquired a reputation for being deliberately resistant to formal education, Roux found that a full quarter of Yörük children he encountered were attending school, despite the difficulties of living a nomadic lifestyle in remote locations with limited access.

Balkans

Balkan Yörük settlements

In 1911, the Yörük were a distinct segment of the population of Macedonia and Thrace, where they settled as early as the 14th century. An earlier offshoot of the Yörüks, the Kailar or Kayılar Turks, were among the first settlements in Europe.

  • Rumelian Yörüks: Atçekenler/Tanrıdağı Yörüks, Naldöken Yörüks, Kocacık Yörüks, Ofcabolu Yörüks, Vize Yörüks, Yanbolu Yörüks, Selanik Yörüks. Tekirdağ Yürüks.

In 1900 the Rumelian Turkish population in the Balkans was estimated at seven million. Shortly after the independence of the new Bulgarian state, they formed a significant minority in the country. Several waves of migration led to a decline of the Rumelian Turkish population, leaving about 1.5 million people by 1925. Many Rumelian Turks in Greece are not counted in census because they are registered as Christians to escape discrimination. Due to religious, linguistic and social differences, most part of Rumelian Turks did not intermarry or mix with the native populations of the Balkans.

As late as 1971, Rumelian Turks still formed a distinct ethnos of former nomads (known as Yorukluk). Originally, these Yörük nomads were taken from West Anatolia (Saruhan, Menemen) to colonize parts of Rumelia, such as Thessaly and Rhodope in the Greek-Bulgarian-Macedonian borderland, or Plovdiv and Yambol in Bulgaria.

Yörüks of North Macedonia and Bulgaria

Main article: Balkan Gagauz Turkish

In 1993, the Yörük population of Bulgaria is estimated at approx. 418 thousand people, mainly divided into Surguch (7000 without children) and Yörük (320,000 without children). They live mainly in the European part of Turkey, in Dulovo and the Deliorman area in Bulgaria and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of North Macedonia. Dialects include Gajal, Gerlovo Turk, Karamanli, Kyzylbash, Surguch, Tozluk Turk, Yuruk (Konyar, Yoruk), Prizren and Macedonian Gagauz. Current estimates of 2019 assume that in the entire Balkan region approx. 1.5 to 2.3 million people of Yörük Turkish descent live.

Kayılar Yörüks

The Kailar Turks formerly inhabited parts of Thessaly and Macedonia (especially near the town of Kozani and modern Ptolemaida). Before 1360, large numbers of nomad shepherds, or Yörüks, from the district of Konya, in Asia Minor, had settled in the country. Further immigration from this region took place from time to time up to the middle of the 18th century. After the establishment of the feudal system in 1397 many of the Seljuk noble families came over from Asia Minor; some of the beys or Muslim landowners in southern Macedonia before the Balkan Wars may have been their descendants.

Iran

Clans closely related to the Yörüks are scattered throughout the Anatolian Peninsula and beyond it, particularly around the chain of Taurus Mountains and further east around the shores of the Caspian Sea. Of the Turkmens of Iran, the Yomuts come the closest to the definition of the Yörüks. An interesting offshoot of the Yörük mass are the Tahtacı of the mountainous regions of Western Anatolia who, as their name implies, have been occupied with forestry work and wood craftsmanship for centuries. Despite this, they share similar traditions (with markedly matriarchal tones in their society structure) with their other Yörük cousins. The Qashqai people of southern Iran are also worthy of mention due to their shared characteristics.

Notable people

Gallery

  • Yörük tent Yörük tent
  • Yörük nomads Yörük nomads
  • Yörük father with his daughters, central Anatolia Yörük father with his daughters, central Anatolia
  • Yörük camp in the Taurus Mountains, c. 1879 Yörük camp in the Taurus Mountains, c. 1879
  • Yörük encampment, c. 1893 Yörük encampment, c. 1893
  • Yörük felt rug near Ussumly-Kadyanda, late 19th c. Yörük felt rug near Ussumly-Kadyanda, late 19th c.
  • Yörük embroidery on a wheat sack Yörük embroidery on a wheat sack
  • Yörük women at the spring Yörük women at the spring
  • Anthropological essay on male Yörük adults (Felix von Luschan, 1889) Anthropological essay on male Yörük adults (Felix von Luschan, 1889)

See also

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