Added: Nov 21, 2008
Author: HistoryGirl08
Duration: 3:22
Beauty of the Turkish culture and people. Branch of the Altaic family: Turkic The Turkish (Turks of Turkey) come from the Oghuz branch of the Turkic peoples. The Oghuz is also called the Southwestern branch because most Oghuz peoples (Turkmen, Iraqi Turkmen....) live west of the Altai Mountains. Most Turkish people live in Turkey but others live in Western Europe like Germany and America. Many Turks came to Turkey during the Seljek and the Ottoman empire. The Oghuz languages have three main groups Western group, including Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, and the language of the Meskhetian Turks, Azerbaijani, including the northern and southern varieties of Azerbaijani, the languages of the Iraqi Turkmen of Iran and Iraq, Qashqa'i, and Afshar Eastern or Turkmen group including Turkmen, Khorasani Turkish, and the Oghuz dialect of Uzbek Southern group including dialects of Iran (Kashkay, Sonqori, Aynallu etc.) and Afghanistan (Afshar). An outlying language, Salar, is spoken by about 70,000 people in China The pictures I used show Turkish people in traditional costumes. Some are of Turks living in Turkey and other show Turks living in Western Europe and America. The music I used is Turkish folk music. The first song is called "Elmalarýn Yongasý" amd the other "Þehnaz Þarký". Both songs can be found here: http://altaiccultureandhistory.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-turkic-folk-music-part-1_580.html http://altaiccultureandhistory.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-turkic-folk-music-part-2_14.html For more Turkish music please vist this website: http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313A781CAA92714FCE05E6430387EBFB995 Websites on Turkish culture: http://www.turkishculture.org/ http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3130239EEA0FCDF038BAD45AD5650A10F61 Note: Racist and hateful comments will be removed.
Channel: Entertainment
Tags: altai altaic culture dance dancers folk oghuz people tradition traditional turkey turkic turkish turks türkiye
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