IRANIAN OR TURK?: Iranian Azeri Phenotypes (Wikipedia)

[Kyp]

All females can pass in turkey. they fit better in eastern anatolia than western anatolia tho. some men can't pass as ethnic turk (not as typical anyway). like these:


My answer is (eastern) Turks.

In which turkish cities they could pass? They obviously differ from Anatolian Turks since azeris are mostly Iranian (Median) + Oghuz

[Ice]

Central,southern and eastern anatolia (çorum, amasya, yozgat,adana, mersin, kayseri,erzurum).

There is a noticeable resemblance between alevi turks(kizilbas) and iranian azeris.

[Zoro]

Central,southern and eastern anatolia (çorum, amasya, yozgat,adana, mersin, kayseri,erzurum).

There is a noticeable resemblance between alevi turks(kizilbas) and iranian azeris.

Aren’t Alevis kurds though. Like Haduken is Alevi.

To me most of those pictures can pass as kurds too

[Kyp]

Aren’t Alevis kurds though. Like Haduken is Alevi.

To me most of those pictures can pass as kurds too

Obviously Azeris and Kurds share NW-Iranian ancestry.

[Ice]

Aren’t Alevis kurds though. Like Haduken is Alevi.

To me most of those pictures can pass as kurds too

2/3 of alevis in turkey are turkish(turcoman), 1/3 is kurdish(zaza).

yes, hadouken is a kurdish alevi.

[Nazarene]

They look more Kurdish than Turkish

[Kyp]

They look more Kurdish than Turkish

Thanks for your opinion.

[Alphawolf]

My impression is, that there obviously is a fundamental problem of understanding. These people are Iranian Turks and not Azaris. Azari people are Iranian people and spoke an Iranian language. Ethnic relations were transformed under the Pahlavi dynasty, which came to power in 1925. To modernize Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi sought to construct a nation-state based on Persian culture and language. This required a campaign of Persianization, and corresponding de-Turkification, in much of the country. Restrictions were placed on publication in Turkic languages, place names were changed, and pressure was even put on parents to give their children Persian-sounding names.

The Persio-centric policies of the two Pahlavi shahs antagonized Iran’s ethnic minorities, including not just Turkic-speakers but millions of Arabs, Georgians, Kurds, and others. They also failed to resonate deeply with many Persians, who formed a bare majority of the country’s population. Under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s head of state from 1941 to 1979, Iranian nationalism was officially based not merely on contemporary Persian culture but on 2,500 years of imperial history. By glorifying his country’s pre-Islamic past, the Shah deeply antagonized Iran’s religious leadership, contributing to the collapse of his regime in 1979.

[ВЛАД]

Azerbaijani people looks Caucasian-Armenoid, Persian-Iranid, Turkic-Turanid, Azerbaijanis-Caspid and mixed all of this types

[ВЛАД]

My impression is, that there obviously is a fundamental problem of understanding. These people are Iranian Turks and not Azaris. Azari people are Iranian people and spoke an Iranian language. Ethnic relations were transformed under the Pahlavi dynasty, which came to power in 1925. To modernize Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi sought to construct a nation-state based on Persian culture and language. This required a campaign of Persianization, and corresponding de-Turkification, in much of the country. Restrictions were placed on publication in Turkic languages, place names were changed, and pressure was even put on parents to give their children Persian-sounding names.

The Persio-centric policies of the two Pahlavi shahs antagonized Iran’s ethnic minorities, including not just Turkic-speakers but millions of Arabs, Georgians, Kurds, and others. They also failed to resonate deeply with many Persians, who formed a bare majority of the country’s population. Under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s head of state from 1941 to 1979, Iranian nationalism was officially based not merely on contemporary Persian culture but on 2,500 years of imperial history. By glorifying his country’s pre-Islamic past, the Shah deeply antagonized Iran’s religious leadership, contributing to the collapse of his regime in 1979.

Iranian Azeris is mixed with Persian Iranid. They not a true Azerbaijanis