Turkic Tribes - Ajlad, Alat Tribe, Amuca Tribe, Balkars, Barlas, Bashkirs, Basmyl, Bayandur, Bulgars, Chepni People, Chigils, Chuban, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 148. Chapters: Ajlad, Alat tribe, Amuca tribe, Balkars, Barlas, Bashkirs, Basmyl, Bayandur, Bulgars, Chepni people, Chigils, Chuban, Chulyms, Chuvash people, Crimean Karaites, Cuman people, Dolgans, Esegel, Eurasian Avars, Gagauz people, Gokturks, Iraqi Turkmens, Jalayir, Karachays, Karakalpaks, Karapapak, Karluks, Kay tribe, Kazakhs, Khakas people, Khalaj people, Khorasani Turks, Kimek tribe, Kipchaks, Krymchaks, Kumandins, Kumyks, Kyrgyz people, Lanikaz, Mughal tribe, Naimans, Nogais, Nushibi, Oghuz Turks, Onogurs, Pechenegs, Qashqai people, Sabir people, Salar people, Salur tribe, Shatuo, Syrian Turks, Tatars, Tauri, Telengits, Teleuts, Tofalar, Torkil, Turgesh, Turkic tribal confederations, Turkmen people, Turks in Bulgaria, Turks in Kosovo, Turks of Romania, Tuvans, Tzachas, Uyghur people, Uzbeks, Yabaku, Yagma, Yakuts, Yenisei Kirghiz, Yoruks, Yugur people. Excerpt: The Turks in Bulgaria constitute the largest ethnic minority in the country. They are also known as Bulgarian Turks (Turkish: , Bulgarian: ) which name in addition to the Turks in Bulgaria, refers also to the Turks in any country that were born in Bulgaria. The Turks in Bulgaria are descendants of Turkic settlers who came from Anatolia across the narrows of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus following the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, as well as Bulgarian converts to Islam who became Turkified during the centuries of Ottoman rule. It has also been suggested that some Turks living today in Bulgaria may be direct ethnic descendants of earlier medieval Pecheneg, O uz, and Cuman Turkic tribes. The Turkish community became an ethnic minority when the Principality of Bulgaria was established after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. This community is of Turkish ethnic consciousness and differs from the majority Bulgarian...