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Turjak people
Total population
approx. 75 million
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Jakania Jakania 30–35 million
Flag of Kalopia Kalopia 23–25 million
Flag of Deltaria Deltaria 9–10 million
Flag of Cobura Cobura 2–3 million
Languages
Turjak language
Religions
Ahmadism
Related ethnic groups
Other Jelbo-Tukaric peoples

The Turjak people or Türjak people, also known as Tukaric people or Tukars, are a Jelbo-Tukaric ethnic group located primarily in modern Jakania. Related to other Tukaric peoples as well as the Jelbek people of Jelbania, Vanuku and Barmenistan, they are spread throughout the region of southern Majatra. The history of Turjak culture and language has been heavily shaped by the influence of the Augustan Empire and the Ahmadi Caliphate in the region in the first millenium.

Most Turjaks speak the Tukaric language and the dominant religion within the population is Ahmadism, a significant impact of the influence of the Caliphate as mentioned already. Turjaks are the dominant ethnic group in Jakania and Turjak nationalism has been a significant political ideology since the Great Empire of Turjak, after which this ethnic group was named, as well as the ideas of pan-Tukaric unity. Culturally, the Turjaks are often thought share much with Majatrans and Kalopian people and both groups form significant minority populations in Jakania.

Although before the unification by part of Ibram al-Aswad Turjak there was not a specific name for this ethnic group, divided in several tribes and khanates, several different subjects under the Augustan Emperors, nobody ignored the fact that they spoke a common tongue, what will become the Turjak language, and they shared beliefs and values of the Jelbo-Tukaric people from where they descended.

Religion[]

The majority of the Turjak population in Jakania adheres Ahmadism, although Turjak minority populations in neighbouring countries and across the world practise many other faiths. The dominant sect among Turjak Ahmadis is Israism. The political role of religion in Jakania has been a matter of significant controversy throughout the country's history.

Mesul mosque

A mosque in Mesul, one the oldest in Majatra

Following the establishment of the first Republic, the country became officially secular based on the political thought of Temiz Ozkan. Part of the reason for this secularism was to protect the minority populations of the new Jakanian state and assure them that the country would not be organised around the Turjak majority. In modern times, religion remains an important factor in political debate and the country is nominally an Ahmadi republic, often being cited as a prime example of Ahmadi democracy.

In spite of the modern role of Ahmadism in politics, this is often articulated in terms of support for "Ahmadi values" as a guiding principle in political debate, rather than the implementation of religious law through the mechanisms of the state. The latter form of political Ahmadism is far more common in Majatran countries.

Outside of Ahmadism, the most significant religion among Turjaks is Hosianism, the Apostolic Church of the East in particular. Indigenous Turjak faiths are still practised in some rural Jakanian communities and in other parts of the country they have been combined with other world religions.

Langauge[]

The majority of the Turjak population across the globe speaks Turjak as their first language, although outside of Jakania it is common for Turjaks to use the national language of their country too.

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