Template:Turkic ethnicity
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Turkic ethnicity
| Total population |
|---|
| ca. 165 million in Asia Minor and the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Siberia, Western China, Western Mongolia and as immigrant communities in Australia, North America, and Western Europe[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Asia Minor, Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe , Far East, Middle East, Siberia, Western China, Western Mongolia and as immigrant communities in Australia, North America, and Western Europe |
| Languages |
| Religion |
|
Islam (predominantly), Atheism, Agnosticism, Buddhism[2], Christianity[3], Judaism[4], Shamanism, Tengriism |
| Related ethnic groups |
References
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- ^ "Turkic Peoples". U.S. Center for World Mission: Joshua Project. January 2008. http://www.joshuaproject.net/affinity-blocs.php?rop1=A015. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ The Tuvans of Siberia and the Yellow Uighurs of Gansu Province, China are Buddists
- ^ The Gagauz of the Danubian delta, the Chuvash of the Volga region, and the Yakuts and some smaller Turkic peoples in Siberia are Orthodox Christians
- ^ The Karaim of eastern Europe are of Jewish faith
