Turkic Peoples
Steppe-descended peoples from Anatolia through Central Asia to Siberia, linked by the Turkic language continuum.
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Oghuz branch15 groups
Chalabianlu
Qaradagh (Arasbaran), the upland district of East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran, between the Tabriz plain and the Aras River
Karapapakhs
Turkey (Kars, Ardahan, Igdir provinces) and Iran (Sulduz plain around Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan province), with smaller communities in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Dagestan; ancestral home on the Borchali plain and Debed valley of the South Caucasus
Küresünni
Highland districts of Tunceli, especially Pertek and Çemişgezek, with communities in Erzincan, Bingöl, Elazığ and Muş, eastern Turkey; substantial diaspora in Istanbul, western Turkish cities and Germany.
Meskhetian Turks
Meskheti in southern Georgia, along the border with Turkey; since the 1944 deportation, mainly Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and the United States
Meskhetians
Meskheti (Samtskhe-Javakheti), southwestern Georgia, on the Turkish border; deported 1944 and now scattered across Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States
Qaradaghis
Qaradagh, officially Arasbaran: the highlands south of the Aras River in East Azerbaijan province, Iran, around Ahar, Kaleybar and Varzaqan.
Qaragozlu
Hamadan province in western Iran, mainly the rural districts around the city of Hamadan; families bearing the name are also found in Tehran and abroad
Saryk
The Murghab River valley in Mary Province, Turkmenistan, around Yolöten and Tagtabazar (historic Panjdeh), formerly the Merv oasis; smaller numbers in northern Afghanistan.
Shahsevan
Ardabil province in northwestern Iran, between Mount Sabalan and the Moghan plain on the Aras river border with Azerbaijan; smaller settled communities near Saveh.
Terekeme
Southern Dagestan, Russia, especially Derbent District on the Caspian lowland; related communities in Azerbaijan and in northeastern Turkey
Yeraz
Historically the Yerevan area, the Lake Sevan basin, Zangezur and other parts of modern Armenia; now living mainly in Azerbaijan, especially Baku, Sumgait and the Kura and Aras lowlands
Yıva
Syr Darya and Aral Sea steppe (today Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan); later dispersed through Khorasan, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Anatolia (Turkey)
Kipchak branch11 groups
Alasha
Western Kazakhstan, in the steppe and Caspian lowlands around the Ural (Zhaiyk) River.
Argyn
Central and northeastern Kazakhstan: the Saryarqa uplands and Irtysh basin around Karaganda, Pavlodar, Semey and Akmola, with smaller numbers in Russia and Uzbekistan.
Astrakhan Tatars
The lower Volga and Volga delta in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, centered on the city of Astrakhan and the surrounding villages.
Baraba Tatars
The Baraba steppe between the Irtysh and Ob rivers, mainly western Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Crimean Karaites
Crimean peninsula (Ukraine, under Russian control since 2014), with historic communities in Trakai, Lithuania, and in Halych and Lutsk, western Ukraine; small numbers in Poland, Russia and Israel
Kalmaks
Tom River valley around Tomsk, in Tomsk Oblast and neighboring Kemerovo Oblast, western Siberia, Russia
Karagash
Villages in the steppe and semi-desert north and east of Astrakhan, chiefly the Krasny Yar and Kharabali districts of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
Kryashens
Tatarstan, with communities in Bashkortostan, Udmurtia and the Kirov, Samara and Chelyabinsk regions of Russia.
Kipchak11 groups
Oghuz9 groups
Karamanlides
Central Anatolia in present-day Turkey, especially Karaman, Konya, Niğde, Kayseri and Cappadocia, with merchant communities in Istanbul; most descendants have lived in Greece since the 1923 population exchange.
Siberian branch5 groups
Fuyu Kyrgyz
Fuyu County, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China; ancestral homeland in the Yenisei basin of southern Siberia, Russia
Khakass
Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, Russia, in the Minusinsk Basin on the upper Yenisei between the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Sayan mountains; smaller communities in neighboring Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tuva.
Koibal
The Koibal steppe between the Yenisei and Abakan rivers, in the Minusinsk Basin of the Republic of Khakassia, southern Siberia, Russia.
Karluk branch4 groups
Dolan
Northwestern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, especially along the Yarkand River in Merket (Makit), Maralbeshi (Bachu) and Awat counties
Ili Turks
Ili Valley, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, northern Xinjiang, China; oral history traces their origins to the Ferghana Valley
Karluk4 groups
Katagans
Northern Afghanistan, mainly Kunduz, Baghlan and Takhar provinces; related clans among Uzbeks and Kazakhs in Central Asia and a Khatagin clan in Mongolia; origins on the Mongolian steppe
Siberian3 groups
Other Turkic groups14 groups
Altai
Altai Republic in southern Siberia, Russia, with smaller communities in Altai Krai and Kemerovo Oblast, and a few thousand in western Mongolia and Xinjiang, China
Chigils
Around Lake Issyk-Kul and the Talas valley in the Tian Shan and Semirechye, in present-day Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan.
Dukha
Mountain taiga of Khövsgöl Province in northern Mongolia, along the border with the Tuva Republic of Russia, centered on Tsagaannuur district
Karluks
Originally the Black Irtysh and Tarbagatai country west of the Altai (eastern Kazakhstan and northern Xinjiang, China); from the 8th century Zhetysu, the Chu and Talas valleys, and the western Tian Shan (southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan), later reachin
Tozhu Tuvans
The Todzha basin in northeastern Tuva, Russia, in Todzhinsky District (center Toora-Khem), in the Eastern Sayan taiga along the upper Yenisei
Tubalar
Northeastern Altai Republic, Russia: the Biya river basin and the northwestern end of Lake Teletskoye, chiefly the Turochak and Choya districts.
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