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{{Nation
|common_name=Turkestan
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|flag=Flag_of_Turkestan.png
|established=1924 (independence from Russia)
|capital=Sayram|largest_city=Samarkand|government_type=Presidential republic}}
'''
== History ==
==== Ideological Origins of Modern Turkestan ====
The idea for a united republic of Turkic peoples in Central Asia rose to prominence in the late 1910s. The popularity of the idea was fueled by the Ottoman Empire, whose government promoted Orkhonism, an ideology pushing for Turkic Unity. Throughout the late 1910s to 1920s, the Ottoman Empire supplied the Central Asian Orkhonist rebels with weapons and supplies to rebel against the Russian Empire. Eventually, the Orkhonist leaders of Central Asia declared the independent Republic of Turkestan in 1924.
=== Struggle for Independence (1924-1937) ===
[[File:Turkestan1935.jpg|thumb|Turkestan shown on a 1935 map.]]
Russian control in Central Asia only weakened during the [[Russia#The Russian Revolution & Republican Civil War|Russian Civil War]] (1925-1928). During the civil war, the Turkestan fought against the two powers vying for power over Russia: the Nationalist-Republicans (also known as "Vosstanists") and the Liberals. When the Nationalist-Republicans won the Russian civil war in 1928, the Nationalist-Republicans continued to fight against Turkestan, who they deemed as a threat to Russia's security. After 3 years of fighting, a ceasefire had been established in 1927.
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==== Independence ====
== Demographics ==
==== Ethnicity ====
Most Turkestanis are of Turkic origins, divided into two main state-recognized ethnic banners - the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karluk_languages Karlooks] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipchak_languages Kypchaks]. Other Turks include the Oghuz [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowdur Choudor] nomads and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogais Nogays].
Bukharan Jews reside mainly around the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. Sunni Muslim Tajiks, a marginalized minority in accordance with Orkhonist ideology, follow the same settlement patterns. Shia Muslim Persian-speakers, Zoroastrian Persian-speakers, Hindu Indians, Christian Armenians, Buddhist Oirats, and Orthodox Slavs together make up less than 10% of the Turkestani population.
==== Language ====
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagatai_language Turki], also known as the Chagatay language, is the lingua franca of the Turkestani state. It is used in official state media, education, and modern literature, and is also used in diplomatic correspondence with [[Serindia]] and the Turkic populations of [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], and [[Wahhah Republic|China]]. Common spoken Turkic dialects include Uzbek, Qazaq, Kirghiz, and Karakalpak.
Persian is also spoken by Tajik, Jewish, and Iranian communities and is also used in traditional arts & religious activities. Jewish populations usually use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukharian_(Judeo-Tajik_dialect) Bukhorit] among themselves. Russian is regarded as a language of commerce.
== Culture ==
== Religion ==
The largest and most influential religion in Turkestan is Sunni Islam, especially the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. Syncretism of Islam and traditional Turkic traditions is common in rural and mountainous areas, while urban areas in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transoxiana Fararoud] tend to practice a more mainstream version of Islam. Shia Muslims are often Persian immigrants and are discriminated against due to their perceived ethnonational allegiance.
Minority religions include Judaism (practiced by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukharan_Jews Bukharan Jews]), Eastern Orthodoxy, and Buddhism. Groups, consisting of less than 10,000 people altogether, include Hindus, Zoroastrians, Armenian Christians, and Roman Catholics.
==== Eastern Orthodoxy ====
Eastern Orthodox Christians are disadvantaged in Turkestan due to the faith's association with [[Russia]].
== See also ==
{{Nations of the World}}
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