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==Turkmen in Iraq== | ||
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A minority (about 10,000 people) live in ]. These people are the descendants of those Turks the ] brought to the region from ] to work as a secure line of people to transport mail from ] to ] and vice versa. They speak a language that is a mixture of Arabic, Kurdish and old Turkish. It is minority language. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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Turkmen people form an ethnic group, part of the Turkic peoples.
Turkmen people live in:
Turkmen in Iraq
A minority (about 10,000 people) live in Iraq. These people are the descendants of those Turks the Ottoman Empire brought to the region from Turkey to work as a secure line of people to transport mail from Baghdad to Istanbul and vice versa. They speak a language that is a mixture of Arabic, Kurdish and old Turkish. It is minority language.
See also
- Turkmen language
- Oghuz Turks - for a discussion of the terms Turcoman and Turkmen
- Black Sheep Turkmen
- White Sheep Turkmen