Turkestan

Turkestan (Turkish: Türkistan, Kazakh: Түркістан, Uzbek: Turkiston, Turkmen: Türküstan, , Chinese: 突厥斯坦, literally "Land of Turks") is a region of Central Asia around the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. Much of it is currentlylocated in China. During the 20th century, much of it was in the Soviet Union. The main ethnic groups in the area are Turks, Chinese, Mongols and Persians.

Related pages
 Scythia
 Kipchaks
 Sogdiana
 Tocharians
 Hephthalites
 Turkic peoples
 Turkic languages
 Indo-Iranian peoples
 Indo-Iranian languages

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Category:Regions of Asia
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Category:Nationalism