Azerbaijani Turks

E805920
ethnic group

Azerbaijani Turks are a Turkic ethnic group primarily inhabiting Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, known for their Azerbaijani language and shared cultural and historical heritage.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Azerbaijani Tatars 1
Azerbaijani people 1
Azeri people 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedAutonomousRegion Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic GENERATED ⓘ
associatedRegion Iranian Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedState Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCityOfMainState Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritage Caucasian cultural traditions ⓘ
Persian cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkic cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
diaspora Azerbaijani diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonym Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azeri Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEmpireContext Qajar dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire (Transcaucasia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Azerbaijan (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwestern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Oghuz branch of Turkic languages ⓘ
largestSubgroupOf Turkic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorityStatusIn Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorReligiousBranch Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
minorityStatusIn Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
minorReligiousBranch Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernStateFormation Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azerbaijan SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableReligionSite Imamzadeh shrines in Azerbaijan and Iran GENERATED ⓘ
populationEstimate over 30 million worldwide ⓘ
primaryCountry Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage Azerbaijani language NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Gagauz people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qashqai people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkmens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalDance Yalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalInstrument Balaban NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamancheh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tar ⓘ
traditionalMusic Mugham NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalReligion Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNMemberStateRepresentingMajority Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesEndonym Azərbaycanlılar NERFINISHED ⓘ
آذربایجانی‌ها ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (in Republic of Azerbaijan) ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script (in Iran) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marand → demographicGroup → Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province → ethnicMajority → Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
Armenian Province → minorityPopulation → Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani Tatars
Qashqai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azeri people
Qašqāʾī → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijani Turks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani people