The Ili Turks (Chinese: 土尔克人; pinyin: Tǔ'ěrkè rén; lit.

'Turk people') are a Turkic ethnic group native to Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northern Xinjiang, China.

[1] The oral history of the Ili Turks says that they came from the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan.

[1] The Chinese government does not recognize the Ili Turks as a distinct ethnic group in censuses.

There are many unique animal husbandry words in their language.