Iranian Turks
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The term "Iranian Turks" can apply to either of the following:
- Iranian AzerbaijanisAzerbaijani peopleThe Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
- Iranian KhalajsKhalaj peopleThe Khalaj people are a Turkic people that speak the Khalaj language which is thought to be one of the closest languages to old Turkic language.- External links :* * *...
- Iranian Khorasani TurksKhorasani TurksKhorasani Turks or Turks of Khorasan , or Qizilbash Turks are Turks native to northeastern Iran, and in the neighboring regions of Turkmenistan up to beyond the Amu Darya River; and speak the Khorasani Turkic, and live in the North Khorasan,Razavi Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran.- Sources...
- Iranian QashqaisQashqaiQashqai are the largest group of nomadic pastoralists people of Azeri descent who mainly live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and southern Isfahan on the territory of modern Iran, especially around the city of Shiraz in Fars. They speak the Qashqai language which is a member of the Turkic...