Turkmen tribes Türkmen taýpalary تۆركمن طایپالاریٛ | |
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![]() Carpet rosettes (göller) representing five major modern Turkmen tribes as used in the National Flag of Turkmenistan | |
Ethnicity | Turkmen |
Descended from | Oghuz tribes |
Branches | Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng, Saryk and others |
Language | Turkmen |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
The major modern Turkmen tribes are Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur, Gokleng and Saryk.[1][2] The most numerous are the Teke.[3]
The origin of all of these tribes is traced to 24 ancient Oghuz tribes, among which the Salur tribe played a prominent role as its people are considered the ancestors of modern Turkmen tribes such as Teke, Yomut and Ersari.[4][5]
Seljuks, Khwarazmians, Qara Qoyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, Ottomans and Afsharids are also believed to descend from the early Oghuz Turkmen tribes of Qiniq, Begdili, Yiwa, Bayandur, Kayi and Afshar respectively.[6][7][8]
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