All of the Turkic peoples of Iraq are called Turkmen. The term Turkmen used to refer to many different Turkic peoples, including the Turkmens of Iran. Now Turkmen has two distinct meanings...the Turkmen people who live in Iranian and Russian annexed Turkmenistan (only one of several Turkish tribes)...and the Turkish speaking people of Iraq...of whom there are 2-3 million.
So don't feel bad because it is very confusing...there was an attempt to phonetically separate the terms...Turkomen referring to all Turkic peoples of who Turkmen is one tribe living in Iran/Turkmenistan. But that is yet to gain traction...
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So don't feel bad because it is very confusing...there was an attempt to phonetically separate the terms...Turkomen referring to all Turkic peoples of who Turkmen is one tribe living in Iran/Turkmenistan. But that is yet to gain traction...
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