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Turkic
[ tur-kik ]
noun
- a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut. : Turk, Turk.
adjective
- of or relating to Turkic or Turkic-speaking peoples.
Turkic
/ ˈtɜːkɪk /
noun
- a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc, members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia
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The repression of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group of Turkic ethnicity, has not spared elite families like Asat’s.
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In 2009, Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called China’s repression of Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group, a “genocide.”
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It now really belongs to the small tribe of Turkic origin which, after occupying Turkistan, has spread even into the Crimea.
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The Turkic princes used armorial bearings before they came into use in Europe.
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My reasons for supposing the language to be a Turkic or Mongolic dialect are simple.
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Two-thirds of the total are Sarts and Uzbegs (of Turkic origin).
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