Buddhism played an important role in the history of Turkic peoples, with the first Turkic state adopting and supporting the spread of Buddhism being the Turkic Shahis and the Göktürks.

Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members speak languages belonging to the Turkic family within the Altaic language group.

The Turkic languages originated in a region of East Asia spanning from Mongolia to Northwest China, where Proto-Turkic is thought to have been spoken, from where they expanded to Central Asia and …

Turkic refers to the broad group of people that share a similar culture, language and identity. The most common feature is speaking one of the Turkic languages.

The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 [2] documented languages spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, …

Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.

Jul 4, 2025 · With a population of over 170 million people, Turkic-speaking populations are spread across a vast geographical area, including Turkey, Central Asia, Siberia, parts of the Middle East, …

Nov 28, 2025 · Turkic languages are a group of closely related languages within the Altaic language group. The Turkic languages are distributed over a vast area in eastern Europe and Central and …

Turkic languages originated in the steppes of Central Asia from where they were carried west by nomadic peoples to reach Turkey and the Balkans, and north and east advancing into European …

Apr 6, 2009 · While the term Turkic' may refer to a member of any Turkic people, the term Turkish usually refers specifically to the people and language of Turkey.