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Azerbaijanis (/ ˌ æ z ər b aɪ ˈ dʒ æ n i,-ɑː n i /; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanlılar, آذربایجانلیلار), Azeris (Azərilər, آذریلر), or Azerbaijani Turks (Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری) [47] [48] [49] are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and ...
Nationality; Nationality: Azerbaijani: Major ethnic: Azerbaijani (94.8%) [1] Minor ethnic: ... Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–2019 [23] [24 ...
Azerbaijani nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth to parents with Azerbaijani nationality. It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization .
The Azerbaijani are of mixed ethnic origin, the oldest element deriving from the indigenous population of eastern Transcaucasia and possibly from the Medians of northern Persia. [5] Between the 3rd and 7th centuries CE, there was a Persianization of the population, during the period of the Sassanian dynasty . [ 5 ]
The Azerbaijani authorities have stated that the Ministry of Education is taking measures to improve the situation with regard to these issues. According to other reports, there have been several complaints of ethnic unrest in Azerbaijan due to the assimilation politic of the government and its treatment of minorities.
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
The claim is repeated by the Azerbaijani nationalist poet Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh in his poem Gülüstan. Today, the majority of Azerbaijani nationalists hold this opinion. As a result, Azerbaijan's post-Soviet national identity is strongly anti-Iranian and primarily Turkocentric. It has been built in various ways to oppose Iran as "the other ...
The statement added that Azerbaijani authorities have held three rounds of talks with representatives of the region’s ethnic Armenian population and will continue those discussions. Show ...