Central Asia: 'Carte de Karazm, Turkenstan et Grande Bukarie' (Map of Khorezm, Turkestan and Greater Bukhara'. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1749

The term Turkestan is of Persian (ترکستان) origin; also spelt Turkistan, it literally means 'Land of the Turks'.

Today the term is used to describe a region which is inhabited mainly by Turkic peoples in Central Asia. It includes present-day Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang.

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