Back تركمان إيران Arabic ایران تورکمنلری AZB Ιρανοί Τουρκομάνοι Greek ترکمنهای ایران Persian Turkmènes iraniens French Туркмены в Иране Russian İran Türkmenleri Turkish 伊朗土庫曼人 Chinese
ایران تۆرکمنلری Eýran türkmenleri | |
|---|---|
 Turkmens of Bandar-e Torkaman, Iran | |
| Total population | |
| 500,000 - 1,000,000[1] 790,000 - 1,600,000[2][3] 1–2.4 million[4] 1-2% of the total population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Golestan Province, Razavi Khorasan Province and North Khorasan Province | |
| Languages | |
| Turkmen, Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Iranian Turkmens (Persian: ترکمنهای ایران; Turkmen: ایران تۆرکمنلری, romanized: Eýran Türkmenleri) are a branch of Turkmen people living mainly in northern and northeastern regions of Iran. Their region is called Turkmen Sahra and includes substantial parts of Golestan Province of Iran. The number of Turkmens in Iran is estimated at 0.5 to 2.4 million people.
- ^ Arakelova, Victoria (2015). "On the Number of Iranian Turkophones". Iran and the Caucasus. 19 (3): 279. doi:10.1163/1573384X-20150306.
The main body of the Iranian Turkophone mass generally consists of two parts: proper Turkic groups—the Turkmen (from 0,5 to 1 million), partially the Qashqays (around 300,000), as well as Khalajes (currently Persian-speakers living in Save, near Tehran); and the Turkic-speaking population of the Iranian origin, predominantly the Azaris, inhabiting the north-west provinces of Iran roughly covering historical Aturpātakān.
- ^ "Ethnologue". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ CIA World Factbook Iran
- ^ Potter, Lawrence G. (2014). Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf. Oxford University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-19-937726-8. Retrieved 14 January 2023.