Turkiy ellarTurkiy tillarda soʻzlashuvchi, shimoliy va markaziy Yevroosiyoda yashovchi xalqlar guruhidir. Bu xalqlar u yoki bu darajada umumiylashgan madaniyat va anʼanalarga ega. Turkiy xalqlar tayinli bir irqqa tegishli emas, ularni bogʻlovchi unsur asosan etnogenezlarida joy olgan Turk urugʻlari va tillaridir.
Turk, turkiylar — jahondagi turkiy tillardada soʻzlashuvchi xalqlarga nisbatan ishlatiladigan nom. Turk soʻzi baquvvat, barkamol, odillik kabi maʼnolarni anglatadi, degan fikrlar mavjud. Qadimgi turklar genetik va fenotipik jihatdan Sharqiy osiyoliklar va sibirliklar bilan chambarchas bog'liq edi. Turkiy xalqlar mo'g'ullar va koreyslar bilan alohida yaqin munosabatda bo'lishi mumkin.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Bir necha ming yilliklar davomida turkiy qabilalar koʻp marta birlashgan va parchalanganligi tufayli ularning qabilaviy tarkibi oʻzgarib turgan.
Mil. av 2-asrdan — mil. 3-asrgacha boʻlgan davrda turklar Hun xoqonligi tarkibida boʻlgani sababli Xitoy manbalarida shyunnu, hunnu deb ham atalgan. Mazkur xoqonlik yemirilgandan keyingi 300 yilga yaqin davr davomida xitoylar turklarni tiyekle (zamonaviy tilda tele) deb atashgan.
6-asrda turklarda boʻlgan Ashina avlodi kuchayib, Turk xoqonligi barpo etgan. Xitoy manbalariga koʻra, 9-asrda tilga olinadigan turk qabilalari 58 ta nom bilan ajratilgan. Shulardan 22 tasi uygʻur (ittifoqchilar) deb nomlangan. Uygʻur xoqonligi tugatilganidan soʻng bularning katta bir qismi Turkiston hududida joylashgan (qarang Turk). Turkiya olimlari asarlarida turk qabilasi koʻkturk deb xam ataladi. Tadqiqotlarga koʻra, koʻkturk soʻzi tangriga, yaʼni osmonga ishongan turklar, balandlik turklari, koʻk boʻri totemi boʻlgan turklar kabi maʼnolarni anglatgan. Markaziy Osiyoda turk toponim, etnonim, gidronim sifatida koʻplab uchraydi.
Hozirgi davr
Turkiy aholi soni taxminan 200-250 million nafarga yetgan.[8] Shulardan 70 millioni Turkiya turklaridir. Hozirda oltita mustaqil turkiy davlat mavjud:
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↑; Michal BiranMongols, Turks, and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World. Brill, 2005 — 222–223-bet. ISBN 978-90-04-14096-7.: "One of the issues that most occupied the travelers was the physiognomy of the Turks.120 Both mentally and physically, Turks appeared to the Arab authors as very different from themselves.121 The shape of these “broad faced people with small eyes” and their physique impressed the travelers crossing the Eurasian lands." "According to this explanation: Because of the Turks’ distance from the course of the sun and from the sun’s rising and descending, the snow in their lands is abundant and coldness and humidity dominate it. This caused the bodies of this land’s inhabitants to become mellow and their epidermis thick.124 Their sleek hair is spare and its colour is pale with an inclination to red. Due to the cold weather of their surroundings, coldness dominates their temper. In effect, the cold climate breeds abundant flesh. The arctic temperature compresses the heat and makes it visible. This gives them their pink skin. It is noticeable among the people who have bulky bodies and pale colour. Whilst a chilly wind hits them, their faces, lips, fingers and legs became red. This is because while they were warm their blood expanded, and then the cold temperature caused it to amass."
↑Lee & Kuang (2017) "A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Historical Sources and Y-DNA Studies with Regard to the Early and Medieval Turkic Peoples", Inner Asia 19. p. 207-208 of 197-239