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Torks (
Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...
: торки, literally " Turks", also known as Torkils) were a Medieval
Turkic Turkic may refer to: * anything related to the country of Turkey * Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages ** Turkic alphabets (disambiguation) ** Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language * ...
tribe of Oghuz and/or Kipchak origins. The Torks, alongsides
Kipchaks The Kipchaks or Qipchaks, also known as Kipchak Turks or Polovtsians, were a Turkic nomadic people and confederation that existed in the Middle Ages, inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe. First mentioned in the 8th century as part of the Se ...
(e.g. Berendei), and other tribes like Ulichi, Pechenegs, etc., formed the
Chornye Klobuki Chorni Klobuky or Chornye Klobuki, meaning "black hats" (from russian: Чёрные клобуки, Chërnyye klobuki and uk, Чорні клобуки, Chorni klobuky) was a generic nameKievan Rus.Akhmetova, Zhanculu et al. Kipchak Ethnonyms in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in ''International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'', Vol. 24, Issue 06, 2020 In 1177 a Cuman army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the Berendei and Torks. In Ukraine, many placenames trace to Torks, such as Torchesk,
Torchyn Torchyn ( uk, Торчин, pl, Torczyn) is an urban-type settlement in Lutsk Raion of Volyn Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Serna in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Population: Economy Transportation The closed railway ...
, rivers Torets and Torch, Torsky way along the river Tetilha, villages Torets,
Torky El Torky or El Torkey ( ar, التركي) or Torky ( ar, تركي) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Heba El Torky (born 1991), Egyptian squash player * Nouran El Torky (born 1992), Egyptian squash player * Mohsen Torky M ...
, Toretske and also a town near the Ukrainian border of Poland called Torki.


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* Golubovsky Peter V. (1884
Pechenegs, Torks and Cumans before the invasion of the Tatars. History of the South Russian steppes 9th-13th centuries
(Печенеги, Торки и Половцы до нашествия татар. История южно-русских степей IX—XIII вв.) at Runivers.ru in
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