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Turcoman
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Tur·co·man  (tûrk-mn)
n. & adj.
Variant of Turkmen.
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Noun1.Turcoman - a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areasTurcoman - a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
2.Turcoman - the Turkic language spoken by the TurkomanTurcoman - the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages


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There have been repeated clashes between the Kurds on one side and the Arabs and Turcomen (ethnic Turks) in Kirkuk and huge demonstrations by Shi'is in Baghdad and the cities of the south, against occupation, against government by selection and against the Kurdish call for federation.
The Iraqi Turcomen Front, which has Ankara's ear, has said that it is deeply worried a war would lead to a Kurdish state in which there would be no place for the Turcomens.
Rival ethnic groups such as the Kurds, minority Arabs and the Turcomen tribesmen are already tussling over the giant Kirkuk oil field in north-western Iraq, close to the Iranian border.
 
 
 
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