Iraqi Turkmen
The Iraqi Turkmen (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; Turkish: Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority (Arabic: تركمان العراق, romanized: Turkumān al-ʻIrāq; Turkish: Irak Türkleri) are Iraq's third largest ethnic group. They make up to 13% of the Iraqi population and are native to northern Iraq. Iraqi Turkmen share ties with Turkish people, and do not identify with the Turkmen of Turkmenistan and Central Asia.
Irak Türkmenleri | |
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Flags used to represent Iraqi Turkmen; Flag of Turkmeneli and another flag used by the Iraqi Turkmen Front | |
| Total population | |
| 3 million (2013 Iraqi Ministry of Planning estimate) Estimated 4 million to 5 million (or 10%–13% of the Iraqi population in 2020–21) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in the Turkmeneli region:
Governorates of Kirkuk, Nineveh, Saladin and Diyala | |
| Languages | |
| Turkmen dialect
Also Arabic and Kurdish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam (60%-70% Sunni; 30%-40% Shia) Minority Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
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