Jimski999 wrote:My wife is Kazakh and understands Turkish; she says alot of the words are similar though that's where the similarity ends as far as most Kazakhs are concerned. The Turks are not very popular out there and the wish of Inzan for a "Greater Turkic Confederation" is a non starter; I think the Kazakhs made their feelings known about that during the riots there a couple of years ago. I read that the Mongols drove the Turkic tribes west when they started their expansion from Mongolia so to say that the Turkish are from Mongolia is not correct
Welcome to the forum "Jimski999"
It's comforting to meet strangers who also feel the same way about Turks.
.... Tell us more; and, I promise we shall be more accurate about stating they were
driven out by the good people of Mongolia and have no claims to Mongolia (either).