Turkmen people facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Turkmen people
Total population
Turkmen man of Central Asia
c. 6 million
Regions with significant populations
Turkmenistan	4,248,000
Iran	1,328,585
Afghanistan	200,000
Uzbekistan	152,000
Pakistan	110,000
Russia	46,885
Tajikistan	15,171
Ukraine	7,709
Languages
Turkmen language
Religion
Mostly Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Turkic peoples

Turkmens are one of the main Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia, mainly in Turkmenistan, ethnic minorities in Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Turkmen language of the Turkic languages family.

Images for kids

Turkmen helmet (15th century)
Turkmen women's headwear and jewelry
Turkmens in traditional clothes
Mosque in the city of Mary
Magtymguly Pyragy on Soviet rouble, 1991
Turkmen bakshy
Baking çörek and somsa in the Turkmen tamdyr
Turkmens in Merv in 1890.
Tolkuchka Bazaar in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Turkmen professional boxer, Serdar Hudayberdiyew, at 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony
Iranian Turkmen in Bandar Torkman
A Turkmen man from Turkmenistan
CIA map showing the territory of the settlement of ethnic groups and subgroups in Afghanistan (2005)
Turkmens in Iran