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Oghuz Turks

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Toquz Oyuz - Epic Turkic Music

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MONGOLIANS vs OGUZ TURKS (MUSIC)

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TURKISH PEOPLE - WHITE OR ASIAN ? OGUZ TURKS=ARABS ?

The Oghuz, Oguz or Ghuzz Turks were a western Turkic people who spoke the Oghuz languages from the Common branch of Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in central Asia. The name Oghuz is a Common Turkic word for "tribe". Byzantine sources call the Oghuz the Uzes. By the 10th century, Islamic sources were calling the Muslim, as opposed to shamanist or Buddhist, Oghuz the Turkmens. By the 12th century this term had passed into Byzantine usage and the Oghuzes were overwhelmingly Muslim.