the turkmen turkmen trkmen plural trkmenler are a turkic people located primarily in the central asian states of turkmenistan afghanistan northeastern iran syria iraq and north caucasus they speak the turkmen language which is classified as a part of the western oghuz branch of the turkic languages family together with turkish azerbaijani qashqai gagauz and salar 2b01tw1.jpg from turkmen gyzlarbat gelinleriñ s View Photo