Turks

Bosporus strait dwellers

Turks are people from Turkey or of Turkish descent.

The term encompasses the dominant ethnic group of modern Turkey and historically refers to Turkic peoples across Central Asia and the Middle East.

The Turks established the Ottoman Empire, which lasted over six centuries.

In plural, Turks often appears in historical and geopolitical contexts: Young Turks describes aggressive reformers or upstarts within an organization.

cuisine

kebab

Grilled food on skewer

baklavaLayered nut pastry in syrup
mezeMiddle Eastern appetizer spread
dolmaStuffed leaf parcels

pilaf

nomadic

yurt

Felt-covered nomad tent

steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry

herding · equestrian · tribes · clans · migration · caravans · falconry · horsemanship · felt · encampment

Anatolia

plateau

Flat highland area

TaurusZodiac's bull
CappadociaCentral Turkish historical region
EuphratesMajor Iraqi river

Tigris · Ankara · Istanbul · Bosphorus · Dardanelles · Aegean · Mediterranean · Gallipoli · Troy · Ephesus

culture

mosque

Islamic house of worship

minaretMosque tower with balcony
bazaarOpen-air merchant district
carpetThick floor textile

kilim · calligraphy · ceramics · tilework · coffeehouse · hammam · shadow puppet · folk dance · tulip · evil eye

Ottoman

sultan

Muslim royal ruler

empireDomain under unified control
ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
SuleimanRenowned Ottoman sultan

Topkapi · caliphate · Byzantine · vizier · pasha · harem · Osman · Balkans · siege · fez

Turkic

Kazakhs

Central Asian ethnic group

UzbeksCentral Asian ethnic group
KyrgyzCentral Asian Turkic people
AzerbaijanisCitizens of Baku's nation

Tatars · Crimean · Uyghurs · Bulgars · khanate

Turks

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yurt

plateau

mosque

sultan

Kazakhs

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