Turkish belongs to the southwestern, or Oğuz, branch of the Turkic language family. As such, it is most closely related to Gagauz, Azerbaijani (Azeri), Turkmen, and Khorasan Turkic. It is more distantly related to other Turkic languages, such as Kazakh (northwestern, or Kipchak, branch), Uzbek (southeastern, or Uyghur-Chagatai, branch), and Sakha (northeastern, or Siberian, branch).
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