The Issue of Turkic Population in Iran in the Turkish Public Opinion

Iran has always been presented as a multi-ethnic structure with its rich history of statehood. It is known that after the Arab occupation, Turkic dynasties, especially Azerbaijani Turks were in power in today's Iran and ruled the country for centuries. As a result of historical processes, the Turks spread to almost all settlements of present-day Iran. If we examine the ethnic map of Iran, we can observe that Turks live in all the provinces bordering Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, on the shores of the Caspian Sea and the Gulf, and in the central parts of the country. Undoubtedly, “the number of Turkic people in Iran” is one of the most important issues in Turkology. However, there is no unequivocal opinion in the scientific literature about the exact number of Turkic peoples living in Iran. However, a large number of scientific articles on the “Turkic population in Iran” have been published in the Turkish public opinion in different years. A thorough study of these writings plays an important role in the study of the issue

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