Torks (Uzes)

The Torks were ancient Turkics probably from a number of different tribes who in the 11th century c. e. migrated into eastern and central Europe. Their movement into Europe followed that of the fellow Turkic-speaking Pechenegs.

Some Pechenegs joined the Torks in a confederacy in Russia called chenrye Klobuki (Black Hoods). The Torks became known in the region as merchants. In 1036 people identified as Torks helped the Rus defeat the Pechenegs.

THURINGI

Location:

Central Germany

Time period:

Fourth to sixth century c. e.

Ancestry:

Germanic

Language:

Germanic

TORKS

Location:

Eastern and central Europe

Time period:

11th to 13th century c. e.

Ancestry:

Turkic

Language:

Turkic

TORNEDALIANS

Location:

Norbotten in northern Sweden

Time period:

After first century C. E. to present

Ancestry:

Finno-Ugrian

Language:

Meankieli (Finnic)

TREVERI

Location:

Around Trier in western Germany

Time period:

Fifth century b. c.e. to fifth century c. E.

Ancestry:

Celtic and Germanic language:

Celtic and Germanic

The Torks and related Oguz Turks (Southwestern Turkic-speaking groups) are thought to be ancestral to the Gagauz and Crimean Turks. Some among the Oguz tribes, possibly including Torks, migrated into southern Asia and there formed the Seljuk Empire stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River from the 11th through the 13 th century