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The Terekeme people ( az, Tərəkəmə) are an ethnic group of Azerbaijanis who live in Dagestan and in some southern regions of
The Terekeme people ( az, Tərəkəmə) are an ethnic group of Azerbaijanis who live in Dagestan and in some southern regions of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
as well as Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. The population is mainly engaged in cattle breeding and is most often seen as nomads
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the po ...
.
The Terekemes are Shia Muslims
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...
of the Jafari (Caferi) strand and speak the Terekeme dialect of Azerbaijani language.
See also
*Tarakama (dance)
Tarakama or Terekeme ( az, Tərəkəmə) is an Azerbaijani rhythmic folk dance.
Etymology
Terekeme is the name of a tribe settled in Azerbaijan in the ancient times. The dance was originated by the Terekeme people. It is one of the most ancient ...
, dance originated by the Terekeme
*Peoples of the Caucasus in Turkey
Various people of the Caucasus or Caucasian peoples live in Turkey today. They include:
* Immigrants from North Caucasus due to the Caucasian War of the 19th century:
** Circassians: Following the end of Circassian insurgency in 1864 and as an ...
*Karapapak
The Karapapakhs or Tarakama ( az, Qarapapaqlar, Tərəkəmələr; tr, Karapapaklar, Terekemeler) are a Turkic people, who originally spoke the Karapapakh language, a western Oghuz language closely related to Azerbaijani and Turkish. Nowada ...
* Azerbaijani people
References
Azerbaijani tribes Ethnic groups in Russia Ethnic groups in Turkey {{Caucasus-ethno-group-stub