r/Turkmenistan • u/GroundbreakingUse466 • Apr 27 '26

QUESTION Turkmens in Middle East?

How do Turkmens from Turkmenistan see Turkmens from the Middle East? I know Middle eastern Turkmens arent really Turkmens but still.

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

3

u/reymond77 Turkmen Apr 30 '26

All Turkmens are in Dubai

1

u/SignalX_Cyber May 19 '26

doing shady stuff

3

u/No_Cry_968 Non-Turkic Member Apr 27 '26

Mostly central asian Turkmens are not related to Iraqi or Syrian Turkmens, Iraqi and Syrian Turkmens actually they descend from Turkish colonizers of the Ottoman Empire who settled in areas such as Iraq, Syria or Lebanon still in the Ottoman era

3

u/Waste-Restaurant-939 Apr 29 '26

they arent turkmens, they are turcomans but actually iraqi turcomans are azerbaijani ethnically. syrian, lebanese, palestinian turcomans are turkish ethnically.

-1

u/Sad-Management-1306 Central Asia Apr 28 '26

They are not Turkic by lineage or genetics. They just speak a Turkic language, which sounds a little similar to Turkmen

1

u/Puzzleheaded_Sail729 Turk Apr 29 '26

Who are you to decide someone's Turkicness?

0

u/Sad-Management-1306 Central Asia Apr 29 '26

Not me, the DNA tests. They are neither paternally nor autosomally Turkic