Turks
Turkic ethnic group
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Summary
Turks is a human population[1]. They ranks in the top 3% of human population entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,526 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Turkish[3]
- Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[4], Alevism[5], Sufism[6]
- Country: Turkey[7], Germany[8], Syria[9], Iraq[10], Bulgaria[11], United States[12], France[13], United Kingdom[14], Netherlands[15], Austria[16], Australia[17], Belgium[18], Canada[19], Greece[20]
- Instance of: nation[21], people[22], ethnic group[23], nationality[24]
- Subclass of: inhabitant[25], Asian people[26], Middle Easterners[27], European people[28]
- Part of: Turkic peoples[29]
- Commons category: Turks[30]
- Has part(s): Turkish Cypriots[31], Meskhetian (Turks)[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Turkish people[33], Category:Ethnic Turkish people[34]
- Population: 65,000,000[35], 81,000,000[36]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Turkish[39]
- Demonym: turc[40], turcă[41]
- Native label: Türkler[42]
- Different from: Turkic peoples[43], Turki[44]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[45], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[46]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Turks include The Turk[47], an appliance[48], founded in 1769[49]; Scala dei Turchi[50], a cape[51], in Italy[52]; and Turkism Day[53], a national day[54], in Turkey[55].
Why It Matters
Turks has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] They is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for them include The Turk[47], an appliance[48], founded in 1769[49]; Scala dei Turchi[50], a cape[51], in Italy[52]; and Turkism Day[53], a national day[54], in Turkey[55].