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( Oghuz Turks)
The Oghuz Turks (variously transliterated Oguz, Oguz, Uguz, Uguz, Ouz, Okuz, Oufoi, Guozz, Ghuzz, Kuz and Uz) are regarded as one of the major branches of Turkic peoples. The Oghuz Turks are ancestors of today's Southwestern Turks,[1][2][3][4] totalling a combined population of 100 million and ranging from eastern Europe to western Asia. The peoples who identify themselves as descendants of the Oghuz Turks include the Azerbaijanis, Turks (of Turkey), Turkish Cypriots, Balkan Turks, Turkmens, Qashqai, Khorasani, Gagauz and Salar. During the Turkic mass-migrations of the 9th through the 12th century, the Oghuz were among the indigenous Turks of Central Asia who migrated towards western Asia and eastern Europe via Transoxiana. From the 5th century onward, the Oghuz were the founders and rulers of several important Turkic kingdoms and empires, the most notable of which were the Seljuks and Ottomans. In later centuries, they adapted and applied their own traditions and institutions to the ends of the Islamic world and emerged as empire-builders with a constructive sense of statecraft.
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