a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut. Abbreviations: Turk, Turk. Also called Turko-Tatar. ...

Are Turkic and Turkish the same?

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups of Central, East, North and West Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa, who speak Turkic languages. ... The most notable modern Turkic-speaking ethnic groups include Turkish people, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Turkmens, Kyrgyz and Uyghur people.

Does Turks mean Turkish?

a native or inhabitant of Turkey. (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Ottoman Empire. a Muslim, especially a subject of the Sultan of Turkey.