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Gallery

The gallery of flags, foods, people, events, etc. should be removed.

1. Misplaced Pages discourages it.
2. There is no need to have this for its pictures (there is already a link to Commons with many more pictures)
3. There is no need to have this for navigation (the Turkic topics navigation template at the bottom of the page serves that purpose).

Shrigley (talk) 03:14, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

• Then why not rework some of the pics into the article sides, to show the apparent diversity of the groups involved. The Scythian 00:59, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

• The article already has a higher picture to text ratio than is necessary for comfortable reading. People only need to click once more for any of the more specific articles, or to the gallery on commons, to see all of these pictures. Shrigley (talk) 23:12, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Helmet

It is stated in the article that "Turk" means "Helmet"! This is not true. "Türk" derives from "Türük" which is "Türe"+"ük" as in "Türeyik" in modern Türkish. "Türük" means "generation", "offspring", "descendant". The meaning section needs editing.--76.31.238.174 (talk) 05:54, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I agree with him. Helmet means "tolga" in Turkish, and it is a protective head-covering worn by warriors. The name "Turk" must be much older than this kind of head-covering.

In old Turkish "Turuk (Türük)" = "Turk (Türk)". Türük means "türe(y)ik" or "türemiş" (to come into existance, to be derived) in modern Turkish. i. e. The people who are derived from something. "Something" maybe Gök Tengri (Gök Tanrı), maybe Wolf (Kurt). (78.162.0.88 (talk) 03:48, 10 February 2012 (UTC))

The "helmet" thing is now presented as something that is written in the 7th-century Book of Zhou. This is not implausible, but still lacks a reference. Why do people always insist on inserting unreferenced and poorly-understood material in this article? Does being "Turkic" somehow excuse you from adhering to project policy or something? See also WP:ENC. --dab (𒁳) 12:00, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Migration

Why is there no mention of the Armenian people who would already have been there when the Turks came down to what would become the western half of today's Turkey? JT (talk) 19:16, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Because the article is called Turkic peoples? I would naively expect the Armenians to be discussed in an article called Armenian people. --dab (𒁳) 12:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

peoples vs. people

I have just noticed "Turkic peoples (Redirected from Turkic people)" ...isn't that wrong? The word a "peple" is plural already.

I suggest to swap the redirect/target, to rename the article to the name "Turkic people". arguably it s a panethnicity some groups like Tuvans have been left out though

--Franta Oashi (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

please consult an English dictionary. For example at wikt:people#Noun. --dab (𒁳) 11:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

The population of Turkic people : Turkey 58-61 mil,Uzbekistan 26 mil,Iran 18-25 mil,Russia 12-14 mil,Kazakhstan 12,China 11-15,Azerbaijan 9 mil,European Union 5,8 mil ( Turkic citizens) + 3 mil european union citizens Turkic ,Turkmenistan 5 mil ,Kyrgyzstan 4,5 mil ,Afhganistan 3.5-4 mil ,Iraq 2.5 mil ,Tajikistan 1.5 mil,Usa 1 mil,other countries 5 mil

Adji site

Hello, I cannot edit the article, but I must say that «Murad Adji's site» from External links section is a site of a very well-known fringe history writer from Russia—ru:Аджиев, Мурад Эскендерович. So I think the link is not appropriate. --Melirius (talk) 00:01, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I found out that the site was included in the article by anonymous user in 2005 and have survived deletion of all these marginal concepts of Adjiev about Tenghri. Wow! --Melirius (talk) 01:47, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

«Is there anybody out there?» :) Tenghri is not presented now in English Misplaced Pages at all. --Melirius (talk) 11:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Azeri Turks in Iran

It is Estimated that Azeri Turks of Iran is about 32M + 10m in Azerbaijan, makes it about 40+m people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.118.238.85 (talk) 00:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Any references?

here is Place for scientific. No place for the purposes of fascist Panturk. where is references?--Roohiran (talk) 07:09, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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The "Demographics" section incorrectly spells "Moldova" as "Moldovia". Gagauz people are located within the country of Moldova, which is correctly spelled on the Gagauz Peoples page. There was a medieval principality called "Moldavia" but no such place as "Moldovia". Can we please correct the spelling of Moldova in the Demographics section?

Thanks. Nuakameba (talk) 08:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed Thanks. Dru of Id (talk) 08:49, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Map of Turkic people in Iran is disputed

I think such self-published maps should show the geography that has no controversy . This one , made by user Ebrahimi-amir , does not have consensus . As an example , in the northern regions of Gilan and Mazandaran , being the main minority depends on counting the local Gilaki and Mazandaranis as Persian language or not : that means if they are not Persians , then the mean majority is the Persians and not the Turkic language people . And about the Hamadan , that is not clear that the city is Turkic language or not ? Also about the Busher and Khozestan : who says there is a Turkic minority ?--Alborz Fallah (talk) 17:02, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

1- The map is my own work based on "Geography and population of Turkish people in Iran" Alireza Sarrafi, Journal "Dilmaj", No. 2, 2004.

2- For Gilan province:

3- For Goletan province:

Official website for province

4- For Hamadan and others provinces:

Source: THE TURKISH LANGUAGE IN IRAN By Ahmed KASRAVI,latimeria: Prof. Dr. Evan Siegal, Journal of Azerbaijani Studies, 1998, Vol. 1, No 2, , Khazar University Press , ISSN 1027-387

And now official source about Iranin languges:

Source: Language, Colonization and Decolonization: Examples from Iran Alireza Asgharzadeh.--Ebrahimi-amir (talk) 05:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

I say these language maps do need a broad margin of consensus . As you know , some sources as Alireza Asgharzadeh is neither valid nor neuter . He himself has said that he is an activist with battle ground mind set about the ethnic minorities in Iran , and his points of views are not reliable . As you remember , the article about him was deleted because he was not a notable academic person . Iranica is a reliable source , but the sentence "but both Gīlakī and Ṭālešī are rapidly losing ground in many cities of Tavāleš due to heavy immigration of people from Azerbaijan." does not means the Azeri Turkish is the main minority language : as you can see , the Gīlakī is spoken by possibly three million people as a first or second language . That means the first or second language is Persian : The Persian challenges the Gilaki itself in Gilan , and if we consider Gilaki as a separate language from Persian , there is no doubt that the second language in Gilan would be Persian itself and not Turkic Azeri . More than that you know , Tavāleš is a western section of Gilan and not all of it . --Alborz Fallah (talk) 08:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

About the Kasravi quote , I can say although Kasravi is relatively reliable , but his saying about the population is not static and population changes are dynamic . The Kasravi's article is about the situation in 100 years ago and not now . This source is too old to be used for present time , because the population is migrating and the picture is not the same of 1910's . --Alborz Fallah (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

For Mazandaran ( And not Golestan ) , I still say there are clusters of Turkic speaking population such as Behshahr , but still Turkic Azeri is not the second main minority language in Mazandarn ( As Kurdish is in use in Kelardasht and Kurdkouy , Blouchi in some suburbs of Sari (I mean Joki Mahaleh and etc ) and Persian itself in all regions of Mazandaran . --Alborz Fallah (talk) 08:57, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

1- Alireza Asgharzadeh is valid. If not be article about one person in wikipedia, it is not meaning that he/she is invalid. For Alireza Asgharzadeh you can see Talk:Azerbaijani people#Alireza Asgharzadeh's publication's are not reliable sources

2- Yes the Kasravi article is related to "100 years ago" and the Asgharzadeh and Alireza Sarrafi (and etc that you can see here) is releted to now. "Population changes are dynamic", and it is not any sing for Turkic people decline in Iran.

3- Also the official statements confirmed the documents.

The resource of about 100 years ago has shown that the Turkish population of Iran has been in the majority. Contemporary sources and official statements also emphasized the same point.))) Your opinion is respected but the wikipedia is written based on reliable sources.--Ebrahimi-amir (talk) 05:11, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

You asked me to look at the discussion about the unreliability of Asgharzadeh ; indeed it seems that I myself was the main writer of that chapter and I still do believe an activist's view can not be mentioned as a reliable source of population of the geographical regions . And again if a writer of hundred years ago mentioned a geographical-population point of view , that is not reliable for present time . Official statements are pretty reliable , but where are they ?!--Alborz Fallah (talk) 11:18, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Questionable WP:OR Map

User:Ebrahimi-amir is creating many made-up and WP:OR maps. Dilmaj is a Turkish nationalist publication and its author Alireza Saffari has no reliable academic background or citations. As per standard of editing on Iranian-Azerbaijani pages, we only use Western independent sources which are not considered fringe. His arguments on "Greater Kurdistan" is red herring. Primarily because academic independent Western sources cannot be considered fringe, while maps like these are fringe. "Hafeznia" does not equate to WP:RS where-as Western sources are WP:RS. So User:Ebrahimi-amir creating a map based on Hafeznia is WP:OR.See here:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iran.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_ethnoreligious_distribution_2004.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/kurdish_lands_92.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_peoples_82.jpg

http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iran_Languages_lg.jpg

All of these are reliable sources...The following maps in Misplaced Pages are reliable:

Also use these maps (per Western sources):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_%282002%29.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/File:Kurden2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/File:Iran-Ethnicity-2004.PNG

all the maps created by User:Ebrahimi-amir are WP:OR based on his own research and cannot compete with University of Texas or Columbia Gulf Project or CIA Factbook. Dilmaj is not a reliable Western publication.

2) There are two issues, statistics and maps. The map by User:Ebrahimi-amir is WP:OR and his own work. It cannot be put in Misplaced Pages since it contradicts Western maps like these:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iran.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_ethnoreligious_distribution_2004.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/kurdish_lands_92.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_peoples_82.jpg

http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iran_Languages_lg.jpg

On the statement of Iranian minister, none of these statements claim "Turkic" is majority in Iran and this goes against virtually all reliable sources. However, in Misplaced Pages we use Western Sources over Iranian sources as Iranian officials have made statements that are not reliable and contradict each other. As per Kasravi article, that is using primary source without secondary references and the opinion of modern scholars who are alive takes precedence here.

Ervand Abrahimian, "A History of Modern Iran", Cambridge University Press, 2008. Page 18: "Communal Composition of Iran, 1900 Persian 6 million 50% Azeris 2.5 million Mazandaranis 200,000 Gilakis 200,000 Taleshis 20,000 Tatis 20,000"

If we are talking about Iranian government official sources, here is one with official Statistics, from the Iranian Embassy:

http://www.iranembassy.gr/per/aboutiran_intro.htm

65 درصد جمعيت ايران را فارس ها( از نژاد آريايي) تشكيل مي دهند. 20 درصد تركهاي ايراني(آذري)، 7 درصد كرد، 3 درصد عرب و 2 درصد لر مي باشند این هم آمار دیگری که به آمار ایران اشاره میکند:

اكثر ملت ايران فارس هستند، از نتايج سرشماري سال 1375 هـ .ش (1996م) درباره تركيب قومي ملت ايران اين برآورد‌ها حاصل مي‌شود: نسبت جمعيت فارس‌ها حدود 75-73 درصد جمعيت ايران است. آمار سرشماري سال 1365هـ .ش (1986م) نشان مي‌دهد كه 83/82 درصد مردم فارسي صحبت مي‌كنند و 86/2 درصد از آنها فقط فارسي را مي‌فهمند؛ همچنين 32/14 درصد از ملت ايران فارسي نمي‌دانند كه بخش عمده‌اي از آنان در مناطق عشايري و روستايي اقوام فارس زندگي مي‌كنند. آذري‌ها حدود 17-15 درصد و تركمن‌ها حدود 2/1 درصد جمعيت ايران را تشكيل مي‌دهند. 5-5/3 درصد از جمعيت به سومين گروه قومي، يعني كرد‌هاي سني و شيعه غرب كشور اختصاص دارد. پس از آنها به ترتيب قوم عرب در جنوب غربي كشور با حدود 3 درصد و قوم بلوچ در جنوب شرقي كشور با حدود 2 درصد از كل جمعيت قرار دارند." (نقل از: http://www.ghalibaf.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=79&language=fa-IR)

که اگر قابل مشاهده نیست دوستان میتوانند اصلش را در اینجا بیابند:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090623194528/http://ghalibaf.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=79&language=fa-IR (جعبه اول و دست راست از طریق بالا را کلیک کنند..)

این هم آمار سفارت ایران: Also available here: http://zamaneh.info/articles/892.htm#_edn

Here is another official statistic:

در مرداد 1370، هنگام صدور شناسنامه براي نوزادان، درباره زبان ٤٩ هزار و ٥٥٨ مادر در سطح كشور سوال مطرح شد كه نتيجه حاكي از سهم حضور ٥٣٬٨ درصدي زبان هاى غيرفارسي در ايران بود. بر اساس نمونه گيري مذكور، توزيع سهم هر يك از زبان ها (به درصد) به اين شرح بود: ٤٦٬٢ فارسي؛ ٢٠٬٦ تركي آذربايجاني؛ ١٠ كردي؛ ٨٬٩ لري؛ ٧٬٢ درصد گيلكي و شمالي؛ ٥٬٣ عربي ؛ ٢٬٧ بلوچي؛ ٠٬٦ تركمني؛ ٠٬١ ارمني؛ و ٠٬٢ ساير زبان ها ".

زنجاني‌، حبيب‌ الله‌، محمد ميرزايي‌، كامل‌ شاپور و امير هوشنگ‌ مهريار، جمعيت‌،توسعه‌، بهداشت‌ باروري‌، چاپ‌ دوم‌، تهران‌، نشر و تبليغ‌ بشري‌، 1379.

Zanjani, H.,Mirzai,M.,Shapur, K.,

This map also by Columbia University mentions the Iranian official Statistics in its box:

http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iran_Languages_lg.jpg

Be that it may, in Misplaced Pages we use Western sources and maps, as Iranian government itself is disorganized.

3) Alireza Asgharzadeh is unreliable. He is not even a Professor but simply a lecturer of undergraduate coures in York university. Here are some examples from his book and the following article: http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2007/issue4/jv11no4a2.asp Just sufficient examples from his book and article:

A)Alireza Asgharzadeh has quoted, and relied upon and mentioned Nasser Pourpirar who is a fringe theorist and fantasy-revisionist writer who believe the entire academically-recognized historiography of Iran is a "Jewish conspiracy" in pages 8, 30, 49-52, 55, 57, 62, 79-81, 178, 198, 206, 236 and 237 of his book. Yet Asgharzadeh says about Pourpirar: Naser Poorpirar (or Pourpirar) is a "very intelligent historian, and a very complex character." http://www.durna.eu/asgarzade_lisa.htm "intelligent historian" ?

B)’’A well-respected Azeri scholar Mohammed Taqi Zehtabi has published a two-volume history book that traces the indigenous history of Iranian Turks well over 6, 000 years back, challenging thus the legitimacy of the dominant group's denial of indigenous history for the Turks in Iran’’(pg 177).(Iran-Challenge of Diversity) Since when is Zehtabi and his theories respected in the academic world?

C)Asgharzadeh writes: ""The first wave of these Indo-European immigrants arrived in Iran around 2000 BC. Finding the area extremely rich and resourceful, they encouraged other Aryan nomadic groups to join them. Around 1200 BC these new immi¬grants had reached western and central parts of current Iran. The first Indo-European state was created in Iran in 550 BC through the disintegration and subsequent replacement of the Median dynasty by the Achaemenians (pg 8)"" Actually the Medes were Iranians, but since Zehtabi claims them as Turkish, Asgharzadeh does not mention this.

D) Note his personal opinion on Achaemenians: "http://web.archive.org/web/20071103211415/http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=11520 “Intruders to the Iranian Plateau, the Achaemenians had terrorized the region’s diverse populations for 228 years, from 559 to 331 BCE.” Originally here: http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=11520 (can be found with archives.com) But Also here: http://macedonian.blogspot.com/ He continues: “A critical interrogation of the Aryanist/Orientalist constructed image of the Achaemenians would be a great starting point to this end. The Iranian historian Naser Poorpirar has already dropped the bombshell by way of his seminal “Investigations into the Foundation of Iran’s History.” The onus now is on younger generations of scholars and historians to follow in the footsteps of Naser Poorpirar and expose the Aryanist historiography of Iran for the lies, deceptions, and misrepresentations that it is.”

E)He claims: “Around the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Azeri language and literature flourished under the rule of Shirvanshahs.” Not a single work in the Azeri Turkish (for Asgharzadeh Azeri=Turkish) language is from this era! Shirvanshah were not actually Turkish- speaking. They were a mixture of Iranic and Arabic people and were thoroughly Persianized by the 11th/12th century.( Barthold, W., C.E. Bosworth "Shirwan Shah, Sharwan Shah. "Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2nd edition). Indeed the Shirvanshah proudly claimed descent from Sassanids. http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2007/issue4/jv11no4a2.asp

F)“A glaring manifestation of this resurgent movement can be witnessed in powerful displays of strength, mobilization, and determination that have been taking place for the past decade in commemoration of die birth¬day of ancient Azeri hero, Babak Khorramdin.”(Iran-Challenge of Diversity, pg 19) Actually Babak was an “ancient Azeri hero” as an Azeri ethnic group cannot be talked about during the time of Babak. This is historical revisionism as noted by Schnirleman (see Babak Khorramdin article )

G)"The Iranian historian Naser Poorpirar argues that the Western Orientalists have intentionally misinterpreted the term Arya only to serve their own utopic/colonial agendas. He convincingly demonstrates that in the above-mentioned inscriptions the word Ariya meant nothing other than such derogatory notions as revolt (shouresh), and thug, rouge, gangster (sharir) and their derivatives (Poorpirar, 2000, pp. 217-219). Poorpirar maintains that nowhere in the inscriptions does the word Ariya have a racial or a linguistic connotation” Pourpirar is not a reliable author, nor even has a degree in history. For definition of Ariya see www.etymology.com.. He doesn’t even have a college degree. So it is Pourpirar's opinion vs "Western Orientalists"!!

H) ““In the Avesta there is a section titled "Videvdat" (Vendidad by some accounts) or the "Law against Demons." There can be little doubt that the Avesta had borrowed these segments from the rituals and traditions of indigenous peoples in the region. In ancient Azerbaijan's sharnanist tradition, all natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and storms, were regarded as demonic forces that sought to destroy humans and their means of livelihood.”” What source talks bout “ancient Azerbaijan’s” Shamanist traditions? He is implying that Avesta has borrowed from Turks whom he claims have 6000 years of history

I)Conclusion: Asgharzadeh’s work rely on Zehtabi who claims Medes, Summerians, Parthians, ELamites , Scythians, Manneans, Urartuians and all sorts of unrelated people as Turks. He also relies on Pourpirar (who has an article in Misplaced Pages) and calls him an intelligent historian. For example he backups Pourpirar’s claim that Persepolis was built by orientalists as mentioned above. Just a search in his book/articles online on Orientalists shows he is not mainstream. Also he is a lecturer in sociology in York University teaching undergraduate courses and he is a political activist. That is not sufficient from academic reliability, as he is not a Full Professor or well known scholar.Kurdo777 (talk) 23:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

1- Which policy of Misplaced Pages says that "we only use Western independent sources which are not considered fringe." I made several map based on Iranian academics that show the map of Texas university have "fringe" and it is WP:SOAPBOX.

2- None of the sources that you mentioned are not official statistics about Iranian ethnics. Minister of education and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi are official persons.

3- For Azeri Turks in Iran:

18.5 to 27 million

• Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z Approximately (2002e) 18,500,000 Southern Azeris in Iran, concentrated in the northwestern provinces of East and West Azerbaijan. It is difficult to determine the exact number of Southern Azeris in Iran, as official statistics are not published detailing Iran's ethnic structure. Estimates of the Southern Azeri population range from as low as 12 million up to 40% of the population of Iran - that is, nearly 27 million.

• Nationalism & ethnic politics, Volume 8, Issues 1-4 Authors Nederlands Instituut te Rome, Netherlands. Ministerie van Cultuur, Recreatie en Maatschappelijk Werk, Taylor & Francis, Publisher Frank Cass, 2002, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Jul 19, 2010

• Turkey-Iran relations, 1979-2004: revolution, ideology, war, coups and geopolitics Author Robert W. Olson, Publisher Mazda Publishers, 2004, ISBN 1568591144, 9781568591148, Length 284 pages (30 million).pp 76: "in Ankara, Johragani denounced 'Persian' chauvanism and their violation of human rights against the '30 million Azeri of Iran"

13-30 million

• Encyclopedia of language & linguistics , Volume 1 Authors, E. K. Brown, R. E. Asher, J. M. Y. Simpson; Edition 2; Publisher Elsevier, 2006; Original from the University of Michigan; Digitized Aug 10, 2010; ISBN 0080442994, 9780080442990
• Establishing security and stability in the wider Black Sea area: international politics and the new and emerging democracies, NATO Science for Peace and Security, Volume 26 of NATO science for peace and security series: Human and societal dynamics; Authors Peter M. E. Volten, Blagovest Tashev; Editors Peter M. E. Volten, Blagovest Tashev; Publisher IOS Press, 2007; ISBN 158603765X, 9781586037659

And you see other sources in Talk:Azerbaijani people#Number of Azeris in Iran. --Ebrahimi-amir (talk) 10:13, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

About the Turkic root for ancient civilizations you can see relationship between Turkic languages and Sumerian language in Julius Oppert, Adam Falkenstein and...

As Dr. Asgharzadeh has shown in Iran and the challenge of diversity:Islamic fundamentalism, Aryanist racism, and democratic struggles the Aryanist racism try to assimilation Azeri Turks in Iran , however, many studies show that the University of Texas map is distput.--Ebrahimi-amir (talk) 10:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

1) Western academic sources written by professors or CIA factbooks take primacy over non-academic and ethnic activist journals (dilmaj), as mentioned already.

2) There has not been any census done in Iran and anything said is speculation. Salehi's quote in Turkey has no weight as it is not backed-up by any census. It is simply a random quote by an Iranian official and politician making a knee-jerk statement and expressing his opinion in an attempt to increase ties with Turkey. It is not written and has no timeline. Whereas the embassy page is a written source. Iranian embassy is an official government site, so it is official: http://www.iranembassy.gr/per/aboutiran_intro.htm

It is an embassy, which by definition is an official source and shows the written official position. Of course there has not been any official census in Iran, constantly we rely on Western sources. So for example, Quoting Chehregani shows that 30 million is a nationalistic figure. The other authors you brought have no expertise in Iran. Here is a census done by a US organization which is in the ballpark with a margin of 3% error. http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/TFT%20Iran%20Survey%20Report%200609.pdf

But even if you disagree, you cannot put a map that is not made by experts (unlike University of Texas, CIA facbook) in the material.

4) "Turkic languages and Sumerian language in Julius Oppert, Adam Falkenstein and.." Sorry but those are dead scholars and it is not clear if any of them claimed Elamites/Sumerians as Turks. However, we use modern and alive scholars. Also there is no source provided for their name in the mentioned article and it is not mainstream scholarship. Also Medes are Iranians as the current wikipedia article shows.

Hardly reliable!: http://www.durna.eu/asgarzade_lisa.htm "Or weaving colourful narratives about “Takht-e Jamshid” or Persepolis, an Orientalist constructed Achaemenid palace that now local Iranian historians, architects and engineers prove with certainty that never existed?" Sorry but since when did Pourpirar become a Historian, Architect and Engineer while he lacks a high school diploma?

5) As for Asgharzadeh and assimilation, it's not relevant to this topic, and there could be valid sources discussing them. The partisanship of Asgharzadeh and his lack of reliability is made clear by the above. He claims orientalitsts created Persepolis. Sorry but that is false. The list above is sufficient. No scholar today claiming Sumerians/Elamites as Turks and Persepolis being created by orientalist can be seen as a serious scholar. He might have some other points that may or may not be valid, but he does not meet WP:RS on these topics, based on the above quotes.

6)The main point is this. The map you made does not meet WP:RS as it is from a monthly journal of Turkish nationalist magazine. University of Texas maps are used by academia and on these topics, Western sources are preferred over non-Western ones which are tainted by nationalism and mythology. CIA factbook takes precedence over the map you made and it doesn't matter if you find a contradicting map, as your source does not have the same WP:Weight.

7) On the numbers for 1900, Abrahamian is a recent academic source and Kasravi is not sure..nor is a modern source. One does not use numbers for 1900. Your maps are WP:UNDO, WP:OR and WP:Fringe and they contradict mainstream Western maps from modern academics. As a compromise, we can just not put any map in this article with regards to Iran if you have issues with the other maps, but you need to get a consensus in future for such edits. Also the second language in Gilan is clearly Persian, and third most-widely used language is Talyshi. Also, the Western regions of Kurdistan province are mainly Garousi Kurds. Fringe nationalistic claims have no place on Misplaced Pages. Same with official numbers, we use mainstream Western academic sources that are used for other Misplaced Pages articles and not cherry picked sources from nationalists and activists. Kurdo777 (talk) 20:47, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

The head listing should be in alphanumeric order.

The article writes "Turkish, Azerbaijani, Chuvashes, Kazakhs, Tatars, Kyrgyz, Turkmens, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Bashkirs, Qashqai, Gagauzs, Yakuts, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Karakalpaks, Karachays, Nogais", which should be "Azerbaijani, Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Gagauzs, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Karakalpaks, Karachays, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Nogais, Qashqai, Tatars, Turkish, Turkmens, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Yakuts". The Turkish people shouldn't be listed in the first place. --Shamans of Tengri 18:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

inaccurate statistics of Iranian Turks

the sum of 30 000 000 Turkic person in Iran is only about the official populous status declared by the Persian government about the population of only Ardebil-eastern and western Azerbaijan and Zangan provinces, there are also many other Turkic accommodated areas, half of the Hamidan province, half of the Arak province, Ghashghaie Turks in SW Iran, a branch of Afshar tribe in Kerman, the KHORASANI Turks and ofcourse the least 50% of Tehran-Karaj's population are ethnic Turks, beside of the city of Astara and Anzali which are not mentioned at the map and Turkmen people in NE Iran, the sum of all these people makes the number of at least 35 000 000 Iranian Turks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.80.147.135 (talk) 19:27, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Maghrebi Turks

Maghrebi Turks are not mentioned in the Demographics section of this page. From Wikipedias own pages it is apparent that several million North Africans have at least partial Ottoman Turkish heritage. Is this not worth mentioning?

screwbiedooo 11/12/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Screwbiedooo (talk • contribs) 02:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

On "possibly Huns and the Xiongnu"

At least, such possibility is not mentioned in Turkic peoples, Islamic world in Britanica. Takabeg (talk) 09:03, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

I couldn't find such claim in Timur, Columbia Encyclopedia. Takabeg (talk) 09:08, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

In Peter Golden's An Introduction to the History of the Turkic People, in the Xiongnu section (page 57) it says: "Their connection with later groupings that bore the name Hun in one or another form and may have been Turkic in speech or at least contained Turkic-speaking elements, has often been asserted, but never conclusively established." and later in page 67, "It seems very likely that at one point or another, the early Turkic people fell under the sway of the Hsiung-nu. Their role in the ethnogenesis of the Turkic peoples, however, cannot be assessed fully." So some people have made the claim, but it is not something proven. Hzh (talk) 17:05, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

turkish speaking people in iran

according to the interior minister of iran about 40% of the iranian people speak turkish language. could you please change this statistic. if you have no objections i will change this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTiHn2pUqNo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.6.205.236 (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

no-I am an Iranian Only 14% of people speak Azeri - but Azeris are of Iran and Persian culture and ethnicity Aryan blood here is Place for scientific No place for the purposes of fascist Panturk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roohiran (talk • contribs) 06:52, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

YouTube is not an appropriate location for the source--Roohiran (talk) 06:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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Not done. Request must in the form of "Please change x to y". Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 13:38, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Sunni Hadith on Turkic peoples

Hadith found in Sunni collections describe the physical looks of the Turkic peoples over 1,000 years ago as Mongoloid. They also describe them as infidels ans say that the day of judgement would not come until the muslims fight them. Another hadith tells the Muslims to leave them alone if they left the Muslims alone.

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 179 : Narrated by Abu Huraira Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the turks; people with small eyes, red faces, and flat noses. Their faces will look like shields coated with leather. The Hour will not be established till you fight with people whose shoes are made of hair."

Sahih Bukhari : Read, Study, Search Online

http://sunnah.com/search/Turks

Turkic mongoloid looks

http://sunnah.com/urn/269590

http://sunnah.com/bukhari/56#141

http://sunnah.com/nasai/25#93

http://sunnah.com/abudawud/39#13

http://sunnah.com/abudawud/39#15

http://sunnah.com/bukhari/61#96

A hadeeth on Live and let live by the prophet muhammad, telling people to leave the kuffar (infidel) abyssinians (ethiopians) and turks alone if they leave you alone

http://sunnah.com/abudawud/39#12

http://sunnah.com/nasai/25#92

Other descriptions of Turkic peoples

The Volga-Ural region was inhabited by the Turkic Pechenegs who were being driven westward by their neighbors the Oghuz and would soon leave the area entirely. The Oghuz tribes extended from the middle and lower course of the Syr Darya (Yaxartes, Saihun) and Aral Sea region, where Khorezmian outposts kept watch on them, to Ispijab (Isfijab, Isbijab, identified with Sairam near present day Chimkent in the Kazakh SSR). Here they bordered with the Karluks. They nomadized as far north as the Irtysh and the Kimek confederation. The Karluk encampments stretched from Ispijab to the Ferghana valley and beyond in the east and extended to the Chu and Hi rivers in the north where the subject Chigil and Tukhsi tribes lived. The entire Oghuz-Karluk border with the Muslim world is described as being in a state of constant warfare, with the raids of the "Turks" reaching deep into Khorasan. South and east of the Karluks, and closely associated with them, were the Yaghma who extended towards Kashgar. (p. 348)

The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

One of the issues that most occupied the travelers was the physiognomy of the Turks. Both mentally and physically, Turks appeared to the Arab authors as very different from themselves. The shape of these "broad faced people with small eyes" and their physique impressed the travelers crossing the Eurasian lands. In their accounts, they presented the Turks as people with an alien physical appearance. The anonymous author of Ḥudūd al-'ālam asserted that, "The Ghuzz have arrogant faces and are quarrelsome, malevolent and malicious." (p. 222-3)

« The Turks of the Eurasian Steppes in Medieval Arabic Writing », in : R. Amitai, M. Biran, eds., Mongols, Turks and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World. Leyde, Brill, 2005, pp. 201-241.

The Turkomans observe a difference between their children from Turkoman mothers, and those from the Persian female captives whom they take as wives, and the Kazakh women whom they purchase from the Uzbeks of Khiva. The Turkomans of pure race enjoy full privileges, while the others are not allowed to contract marriages with Turkoman women of pure blood, but must choose themselves wives among the half-castes and Kazakh captives.

As there exists a great animosity between the Yamuds and Goklans they do not intermarry, although they reckon themselves of equally noble lineage. The same hatred is extended to the Tekke Turkomans, whom the Goklans and Yamuds, moreover, look upon as their inferiors, being, according to their genealogies, the descendants of a slave-woman, whilst they are the posterity of a free-woman. (p. 71)

The more intimate connection of the Astrakhan and Kazan Tartars with the Mogols can be traced in their features; with the Nogay it is less visible. In like manner, the Turkomans further off in the desert, and the Uzbeks of Khive, have more of the Mogol expression than the Turkomans who encamp near the Persian frontier. The frequent intercourse of the Nogay, in latter years, with the Cherkess, seems to have improved their race; and notwithstanding the enmity that exists between the Turkomans and the Persians, it is still not unlikely that their close vicinity should have produced on the former a similar effect in a lapse of several centuries. The fact we have seen, that the Turkomans marry Persian women, when they take them as prisoners. The Turkoman women are, like the men, tall, and when young, well-shaped; their faces are rounder than those of the men; the cheek-bones less prominent; the eyes black, with fine eye-brows, and many with fair complexion; the nose is rather flat; the mouth small, with a row of regular white teeth. In a word, a great number of the younger part of the community might be reckoned as fair specimens of pretty women. (p. 73)

Bode, C.A. "The Yamud and Goklan tribes of Turkomania". Journal of the London Ethnological Society, vol. 1, 1848, pp. 60-78.

05:53, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

What is your point with "hadiths said about turkic mongoloid look" stuff? It's not a scientific classification you know that right? Don't tire yourself so much. Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 00:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Wrong caption under the photograph of Belukha peak

Belukha peak is a indeed a peak of the Altay range which streches east into Mongolia, but this mountain is located far from Mongolia's territory, on the border between Russia and Kazakhstan (https://maps.google.co.il/maps?q=belukha&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x42b871e05cb9cde5:0x5a04d73cf8e4835b,Gora+Belukha&gl=il&t=p&ei=P8ruUf6NLcHYswaTooCoCg&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA) Amirabc (talk) 18:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Cyprus

Cyprus is by a vast majority a Greek inhabitant island both historically (for more than 3 thousand and 500 years) and present, an independent and recognized state by the whole world and a member of the United Nations and the European Union. Is not turkey...Lol!!! I just can imagine the rest of the mistakes....

İ cant understand why all Greek people are racist against Turks there İS a country named Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic and its a Turkic country not Greek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeynel446 (talk • contribs) 07:56, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

A hasty generalization to say all Greek people are racist against Turks. The issue is that there is no officially recognized country called "Northern Cyprus". The so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" is an occupied region of the Republic of Cyprus. Yes, Cyprus has both a Turkish and a Greek population. That is not being disputed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.255.50.203 (talk) 18:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

hungarians are turkic?

The article states that Turkic peoples includes Hungarins. I thought Hungarians were a Finno-Ugric people? 192.0.173.58 (talk) 20:42, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Agree. Hungarians are not Turkic. They are Finno-Ugric. Mmabbas786 (talk) 00:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Demographics Historical population: from turkish people the Egyptian Turks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Turkmen oglu (talk • contribs) 20:05, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Then Székelys are not Turkic too! However the Hungarians Finno-Ugric origin is questionable. 94.21.23.190 (talk) 06:59, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Hungarians speak a Finno-Ugric language. Ithinkicahn (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

I find it unfortunate and a little naive that some, mainly western influenced peoples, are still tied to theories brought forth from the middle 19th century based on political platforms that the Hungarian origins are not of Turkic (i.e asian/eastern) origin. History based on all factors including customs, tools, script, language, religion, archaeology, anthropology, genetics is more sound than a theory that was developed on a political platform and also based on a few words and phrases. Hungarians along with most people from Turkic/ Ural-Altaic origins (inlcuding Koreans) have held that Hungarians (Magyars) have always been part of the Turanian family, regardless of what is being held propagated since the mid 19th century.I find that Wiki tends to lend to this trend. ---- Anonymus.

This page is only for discussing suggestions for article improvement. Are you saying Koreans consider Hungarians to be their distant relatives? If that is so you should be able to confirm that with a cite. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 15:00, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

External links

in section External links web:* turkicworld is a panturk web that its information is not true

for example sumer is a aryan calture but in this web say a turk calture or information like this please delete this web--Roohiran (talk) 19:19, 20 September 2013 (UTC) --Roohiran (talk) 06:55, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

I've removed it and a few others. It failed WP:EL as its a personal website. Dougweller (talk) 10:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

The Chinese Name for the Turks

http://www.jstor.org/stable/597981

09:17, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Karasuk culture in the lead section

Based on the main article of Karasuk culture and its referenced content, I don't see any valid point to insert it on the lead section of this article and call it as "Turkic culture". It should be removed or needs an exact clarification. --Zyma (talk) 07:05, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Well you're obviously cannot be read. The Karasuk Culture is a Turkic culture descended from Afanasevo and Adronovo. If you click that article, you can see it's explained.Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 10:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Search on m.p gryaznov karasuk culture and then click on the fourth line down. Click on the page named The Origin of the Indo-Iranians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

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Tuvan live not only in Russia, but also in Mongolia. 78.179.126.184 (talk) 14:07, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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About Iranian-Saka Connection With Xiongnu.

There is no specific connetcion between Xiongnus and Sakas. Most of scholars considered they were a various etnic group. Not specificly saka, yenisei, mongolic etc. So, this sentence: "however, some scholars see a possible connection with the Iranian-speaking Sakas." is pretty misleading. I'am suggesting this should be fixed. This sentence is quite enough: "Some scholars believe they were probably a confederation of various ethnic and linguistic groups." Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 22:38, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

"There is no specific connection between Xiongnus and Sakas.". That is your opinion. Beckwith states, "Among other possibilities, could correspond to a form of the name of the Northern Iranians, eastern forms of which --Saka, Sakla, and so forth -- are recorded in several guises in Chinese accounts..."

Also, according to Beckwith, "The case has been made for the Hsung-nu having been Iranians (Bailey 1985)(Pulleyblank 2000) (Vovin 2000)", page 404. There is more on pages 404-405, but seeing how you blantantly ignored Bailey and Doerfer in the Cosmo source, there is no reason to waste my time typing it.

"Bailey (1982, 91-2, 2009, 25-41) views them as Iranian, as does Harmatta (1997)". -- Courts and Court Culture in the Proto-urban and Urban Developments among the Pre-Chinggisid Turkic Peoples, Peter Golden, Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City Life, ed. Michael R. Drompp and Devin DeWeese, 31.

"Bailey on the other hand, viewed the Hsuing nu as Iranian speakers...", from your own "source"!, Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History, Nicola Di Cosmo, page 164.

"This is pretty misleading". Not in the least bit. This is published academic fact. What is misleading is your editing. You have blantantly cherry picked your information from the Cosmo source while ignoring the entire basis of what pages 163 and 164 state! You clearly ignored this, "...while Doerfer denied the possibility of a relationship between the Hsiung-nu language and any other known language and rejected in the strongest terms any connection with Turkish or Mongolian, page 164. Since you have brought no viable reason for its removal, not to mention your insincerity with source(s), I can only presume your removal is based on your own personal bias. --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:10, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Ok. First of all, keep yourself your personel opinions about me. I'am not the subject here. This is not my "idea." Sources says(strongly), possibly Sakas include in Hiung-nu tribes. That mean Sakas has no special position on Hiung-nu tribes. Get it? thanks.Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 00:36, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Which means this is your opinion, nothing more. I have listed facts that Hsiung-nu could be Saka and multiple sources stating Iranian/Iranian speaking, which you have blantantly ignored. Whereas you have simply continued your with own personal rhetoric with no academic backing. Oh, and your editing is the "subject" since you have chosen to ignore information in your own source! --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:33, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Your insists on "personel opinion" stuff, does not change anything. And please stop commenting about me. You can't understand the point, most of source says "They were a confedaration." This is an academic fact. You're ignoring this simple fact and deforming sources Mr.Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 14:36, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

It changes everything. You have cherry picked information from at least one source(Cosmo) in order to push a particular POV(your opinion), intentionally ignoring what the Cosmo sources states in total(Doerfer). You can bring nothing to support your opinion whereas I have shown that Beckwith, (Bailey 1985), (Pulleyblank 2000), (Vovin 2000), and Harmatta (1997) all state Iranian/Saka. Making puerile statements like, "deforming sources", only proves how desperate you are to remove any and all statements of Iranian/Saka, especially when I have posted quotes from said sources. --Kansas Bear (talk) 14:58, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Funny, you still doing same thing. No more comment. I told my concerns up side. Now wait for other users' opinions. Regards.Yagmurlukorfez (talk) 15:26, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

I would just say that if there are differences in academic opinions, then we should present the disagreement as clearly and as succinctly as we can without taking any position on the argument. Therefore I think that it is better not to remove sentence, but to write in a way that indicates there are differences in opinions. There are too many uncertainty with Hsiung-nu and other tribes of the early period anyway to make any definitive statements on them. Hzh (talk) 01:39, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I agree, with the obvious caveats that we must be careful not to interpret sources or to give certain positions undue weight. Dougweller (talk) 10:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

altaic people

why it says nothing about altaic peoples Turkish people is one of them, and they have a long history backwards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.191.35 (talk) 11:02, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

remove

remove Tauri nothing whit turks to do:/ and the page is protecdet but looks like shit!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.191.81 (talk) 14:40, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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