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Azerbaijanis or Azeris (Azerbaijani: Azərilər, آذریلر), also known as Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری), are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, with a mixed heritage of Caucasian, Iranian and Turkic elements. They are
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See moreAzerbaijan is believed to be named after Atropates, a Persian satrap (governor) who ruled in Atropatene (modern Iranian Azerbaijan) circa 321 BC. The name Atropates is the Hellenistic form of Old Persian Aturpat
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See moreAncient residents of the area spoke Old Azeri from the Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. In the 11th century AD with Seljukid conquests, Oghuz Turkic tribes started moving across the Iranian Plateau into the Caucasus and Anatolia. The influx of the Oghuz
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See moreThe vast majority of Azerbaijanis live in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. Between 8 and 18.5 million Azerbaijanis live in Iran, mainly in the northwestern provinces. Approximately 9.1 million Azerbaijanis are found in the Republic of Azerbaijan. A
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See moreThe modern ethnonym "Azerbaijani" or "Azeri" refers to the Turkic peoples of Iran's northwestern historic region of Azerbaijan (also known as Iranian
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See moreIn many references, Azerbaijanis are designated as a Turkic people, due to their Turkic language. The origin of Azerbaijanis has been described as "unclear", mainly Caucasian, mainly Iranian,
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See moreIn many respects, Azerbaijanis are Eurasian and bi-cultural. The Azerbaijanis of Azerbaijan Republic have absorbed Soviet and Eastern European influences, whereas Iranian Azeris have retained their culture which to a large extent is identical to the culture of other
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