Buddhism played an important role in the history of Turkic peoples, with the first Turkic state adopting and supporting the spread of Buddhism being the Turkic Shahis and the Göktürks.

Jan 7, 2026 · Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members speak languages belonging to the Turkic family within the Altaic language group.

Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.

The Turkic languages originated in a region of East Asia spanning from Mongolia to Northwest China, where Proto-Turkic is thought to have been spoken, from where they expanded to …

Turkic languages originated in the steppes of Central Asia from where they were carried west by nomadic peoples to reach Turkey and the Balkans, and north and east advancing into …

Jan 29, 2025 · Turkic languages, spoken by around 200 million people, are characterized by vowel harmony and agglutination. Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states.

Jan 8, 2026 · From Turkey to Kazakhstan, the Turkic peoples stretch across a massive region — but who exactly are they, and what unites them? This is a fast breakdown of the countries, …

Modern Turkic ethnic groups include the Turks (in Turkey), Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Turkmens, Kyrgyz, Uyghurs, Chuvash, Tuvans, Yakuts, and several others.

Although methods of classification vary, the Turkic languages are usually considered to be divided into two branches: Oghur, of which the only surviving member is Chuvash, and Common …

The Turkic languages, a branch of the larger Altaic language family, include well-known languages such as Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh, and Uighur. Despite their linguistic differences, …