Turkmens, sometimes referred to as "Turkmen Turks", are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan.
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Turkmens, sometimes referred to as "Turkmen Turks", are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan.
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Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the North Caucasus .
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However, even if ??? might have transcribed Turkmen, these "Turkmens" might be Karluks instead of modern Turkmens' Oghuz-speaking ancestors; as Turkmen might be the Karluks' equivalent of the Gokturks' political term Kok Turk.
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Turkmens describes Oghuz as a Turkic tribe and says that Oghuz and Karluks were both known as Turkmens.
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In Byzantine, then in the European sources and later in the American tradition, Turkmens were called Turkomans, in the countries of the Near and Middle East - Turkmens, as well as Torkaman, Terekeme; in Kievan Rus - Torkmens; in the Duchy of Moscow - Taurmen; and in the Tsarist Russia - Turkoman and Trukhmen.
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Turkmens have two unusual mtDNA markers with polymorphic characteristics, only found in Turkmens and southern Siberians.
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Turkmens belong to the Oghuz tribes, who originated on the periphery of Central Asia and founded gigantic empires beginning from the 3rd millennium BC.
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Turkmens that stayed in Central Asia largely survived unaffected by the Mongol period due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and became traders along the Caspian, which led to contacts with Eastern Europe.
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Musical art of the Turkmens is an integral part of the musical art of the Turkic peoples.
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Iranian Turkmens are a branch of Turkmen people who live mainly in northern and northeastern regions of Iran.
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Turkmens are said to have migrated into the Caucasus in the 17th century, in particular in the Mangyshlak region.
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