List of Turkic states and empires
Independent states
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Turkey
Uzbekistan
De facto states
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Autonomous Turkic republics in Russia
- Bashkortostan
- Chuvashia
- Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
- Tatarstan
- Tuva
Other autonomous republics in the Russian Federation
These republics have a small Turkic minority and official language is a Turkic language.
- Altai Republic
- Khakassia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Taymyria
Other autonomous Turkic regions
- Crimea in Ukraine
- Gagauzia in Moldova
- Xinjiang (also known as East Turkestan) in the People's Republic of China
- Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan
- Nakhichevan in Azerbaijan
Former and defunct countries
- Republic of Gumuljina (in Western Thrace, Greece) (1913)
- Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920)
- South West Caucasian Republic (1918-1919)
- Republic of Aras (1918-1919)
- Azerbaijan SSR (1920-1991)
- Kazakh SSR (1920-1991)
- Turkmen SSR (1920-1991)
- People's Republic of Tannu Tuva (1921-1944)
- Kyrgyz SSR (1924-1991)
- Uzbek SSR (1924-1991)
- Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (1932-1934)
- Republic of Hatay (1938-1939)
- East Turkistan Republic (1944-1949)
Historical kingdoms and empires
The following listed kingdoms and empires were at some time ruled by Turkic kings/khans/shahs or other dynasties. Mentioning of any particular entity in this place should not be read to mean that the entity as a whole was Turkic or even had more than a significant minority of Turkic subjects.
- Afsharid dynasty
- Avar kingdom
- Astrakhan Khanate (1430s-1554)
- Black Sheep Turcomans
- Bulgars
- First Bulgarian Kingdom (681-865)
- Great Bulgaria (580s-635)
- Volga Bulgaria (800-1236)
- Crimean Khanate (1441-1783)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)
- Mamluk dynasty of Delhi (1206-90)
- Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1413)
- Gokturk State (552-744)
- Golden Horde (1227-1502)
- Ghaznavid dynasty (962-1187)
- Huns (4th century-5th century)
- Jagoldai (15th-17th century)
- Khazars (7th-10th century)
- Kyrgyz State (840-920)
- Kypchaks
- Kimeks
- Kara-Khanid Khanate (840-1042)
- Kara-Khitan Khanate (1207-1487)
- Karamanoğlu (13th century-1487)
- Kazan Khanate (1438-1552)
- Khwarezmian Empire (1097-1231)
- Mamluks of Egypt (1250-1517)
- Mughal Empire (1526 – 1857)
- Qajar dynasty (1781-1925)
- Qasim Khanate (15th -17th century)
- Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)
- Pechenegs (860-1091)
- Safavid dynasty
- Saqsin
- Seljuq dynasty (1073-1307)
- Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
- Siberia Khanate (1430s-1576)
- Shatuo Turks - founders of Chinese Dynasties
- Later Jin Dynasty (936-947)
- Later Han Dynasty (947-951)
- Later Tang Dynasty (923-936)
- Timurid dynasty (1370-1506)
- Uyghur State (744-840)
- White Sheep Turcomans (1375-1468)
- Xiongnu (3rd century BC-4th century AD) (Recent genetics research confirms the other studies indicating the link to Turkic peoples, on the other hand A. Vovin suggested a Yeniseian languages link)
See also
- Turkic peoples
- Turkic languages
External links
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