The varieties of Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups that live in Asia and Eastern Europe, coming from a broad ethnolinguistic group. Some peoples include Azeris, Balkars, Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Karaites, Karachays, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Nogais, Tatars, Turkmen, Turks, Tuvans, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, and Yakuts, while historical groups include Dingling, Bulgars, Gokturks, Khazars, Kipchaks, Cumans, Turgesh, Yenisei Kirghiz, Huns, Tuoba, and Xiongnu. Most of these people have a common ethnicity and language, but their appearances can vary from East Asian to European depending on their location. Most Turkic peoples are Sunni Muslims, although Karaites practice Judaism and Yakuts and other Russian Turkic peoples practice Tengri animism/paganism.