Turkic peoples

Turkic peoples without an independent state, from Crimea to Siberia and from the Volga to East Turkestan: where they live, their numbers, languages and beliefs.

KarlukThe south-eastern branch, named after the Karluk tribal union of the 8th-10th centuries. The first Islamic Turkic literary language arose here under the Karakhanids, followed by Chagatai, the language of Alisher Navoi. Uzbek and Uyghur are its heirs today.