Barak (tribe)
Turkmen tribe from Turkey and Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Barak (disambiguation).
Barak, commonly referred to as Barak Turkmens (Turkish: Barak Türkmenleri), is a Turkoman tribe that mainly originates in the Barak Plain (Turkish: Barak Ovası) in the southeastern portion of the province of Gaziantep in south-central Turkey.
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Barak Türkmenleri | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Turkey: Karkamış, Nizip, Oğuzeli Syria: Jarabulus | |
Languages | |
Turkish, Arabic (near Akçakale) | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam, historically Alevi and/or Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Turkish people, Syrian Turkmen |
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