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( Turkish people)
c. 70 million
(around 1.05% of the world's population)
(see also Turkish population & Turkish diaspora) The Turkish people (Turkish Türk Halki), also known as "Turks" (Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a first language.[43] In the Republic of Turkey, an early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal came from the beliefs of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[44] Today the word is primarily used for the inhabitants of Turkey, but may also refer to the members of sizeable Turkish-speaking populations of the former lands of the Ottoman Empire and large Turkish communities which been established in Europe (particularly in Germany, France, and the Netherlands), as well as North America, and Australia. The name "Turk" was first used in the 6th century by the Chinese to designate nomadic peoples in Central Asia.[45][46] The Oghuz Turks were the main Turkic people[47] that moved into Anatolia.[48] Many Turks began their migration after the victory of the Seljuks against the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert on August 26, 1071. The victory, led by Alp Arslan, paved the way for Turkish hegemony in Anatolia.[49][50]
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