Why do a lot of Turkish and Afghan people look similar?
My dad is actually a Turk from India, and I know the history of the Turks so here is my take.I want to first of all clear up the fact that all Turkic people are going to be distantly genetically related. And Turkic blood will extend all the way from Bosnia to India. The Turks ruled so much land.However, Afghans and Turks from Turkey have only this one similarity. They were both ruled and are descendants of Turkic people’s that originated in Central Asia, like the Ottomans and the Mughals.The Gunpowder Empires all were descended by the same ancestry line and they ruled much of the world.Now the Turks in Anatolia are not too similar looking to Afghans. Even though they do share this similar Turkic bloodline. Anatolian Turks have fully adopted the culture of the Turks, but retained their own Anatolian, Mediterranean, Caucus looks.Like Dr. Oz who is a Turk from Anatolia.Whereas Afghans, being on the border of Central Asia, will actually look more like the Turks of Central Asia, since that is where they originated from. Or they will be an amalgamation of Iranians and Central Asians.Like Durrani Popal who’s family is from Afghanistan.*Iranians are an Aryan group of people that migrated from the Caucus Mountains to the valleys of Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia. The Caucus is the same place where a majority of Anatolian Turks also originate from. The Caucus is another similarity which Afghans and Anatolian Turks share.However, I do think that these two countries have their own unique looks, and should be appreciated for that. Afghans are literally beautiful, and so are Anatolian Turks. We all share this Turkic lineage that we all should be so proud of, and at the end of the day there are so many similarities between all people’s of Turkic ancestry.
Iranian and Afghani (Persian) people are considered White right?
have you been to iran?you will be shocked if you go there. Women are very beautiful. Iranians in the north are light skin & there are red hair, blonde iranians with blue, gray or green eyes..Some are tan because of hot weather. Iranians are Aryan- Caucasian.. the Caucus mountains run from Russia south to Iran. Dont you know that over 600 words in English is from Parsi the language or Iranians? During world war 2 , iran and germany were allies( aryan brotherhood). King cyrus the great of persia was blue eyes and blonde hair. Islam was forced by the turks to iranians who were Zoroastrians but they won the language, heritage & culture war with Arabs. Azerbaijanis people of iran are Turkic not persians. And they speak turkic languages.Some people are really ignorant if they dont know to distinguish persian poeople from arabs. a. arabs speak arabic while iranians speak farsi/parsi b. they look different arabs are genetically semetic-caucasians while persians are aryan- caucasian c. They have different cultures etc. Persians are Caucasians.White race originated from the persians. below is a picture of an iranian model but she's already mixed with arabs but her eyes is a proof that she still carrying a persian-aryan gene. http://libertypundits.net/images/upload/Iranian_model_2__Claudia_Lynx.jpg Iranian(Persians) are considered the real Aryans which is divided into 3 aryan groups ----1.persian 2.pashto 3. Baluchi Germans used the SWASTIKA, which , as a wheel of Mithra (sun/fire) used to be the arm of the Iranians since ancient time. Due to the reverse- racism still going on in the media …we forget where the origin of the Aryans lie. On the other hand, Afghans are also decendants of aryan-persians. afghans are kurdish and they aren't arab.
Did the Turkic people or dynasties affect the Persian accent of Iranians (the Persian phonology)?
Both affected each other. Turks came as nomads from turkmenistan and build the seljuk empire in the 11 century.Persian culture influenced the turks to a certain extent. Since turks are nomads or were nomads it didint affected the odinary turkman nomad but the founders of the seljuk empire and the dynasty had some persian influences.But technically speaking the seljuk empire was much more turkic by culture than the later upcoming ottoman empire.
Are Turkish people considered middle eastern or european?
I always thought of the Turks to be middle eastern like Arabs, etc. I looked it up & it basically said the country is in the middle of the middle east & europe. So are they a mixture of both? Please explain.. thank you !!!
Are Armenian people considered middle eastern or european?
i consider them west asians. armenia isnt in europe. think of it like this, turkey is divided being eurasian. the western part of turkey is considered european, and the eastern part is considered part of asia... armenia is to the east of turkey, so it too is asian. armenians might look "white" to some people, but in reality they have more similarities with persians, and turks who they boarder, so they are more middle eastern then european. also relgion is not what defines a middle eastern nation. israel is also in the middle east, but most of them are jews. plus their are arab christian minorities everywhere in the middle east
What do Iranians think of the Baloch people?
Baluch ethnic group are an Iranic ethnicity (Iranian peoples - Wikipedia) live in south eastern part of Iran, south of Afghanistan and north west of Pakistan. In Iran, I guess they just contribute to 2% of Iranians. As I know, they are mainly Sunni.So, Iranians are not in much contact with Balochs. However, they are simply like many other Iranians. As they live in southern parts, they are probably more warm and hospitable people (like people from Kerman, Hormozgan, Khuzestan …). I also know that, as an ethnicity, they have a common root with Kurds. As an stereotype, I know Kurds as serious people.They live mainly in arid lands and suffer from dust pollution in some seasons.The people could be more poor than other regions of Iran. Because of their religion, they may feel more discrimination. As, they border Afghanistan and Pakistan, some could be into drug trade (Mafia groups). So, some could have guns, and they sometimes conflict with Iran police. They also may be under the influence of extremist groups in Afghanistan or Pakistan (Taliban, I'm not sure about this). However, in general, they are positive and good people.For example, in recent presidential elections of Iran (2017), while the conservative party vowed to increase free wages (Subsidy) to three times, the majority of Baluchis voted the moderate party (Rohani), which hadn’t made such vows.They have border to sea, and it provides them a potential for prosperous ports, and tourism destinations, which yet have not been established.I wish more prosperity for them, so that they don’t need to trade drugs and stand against it.
Iranian questions: Why do Iranians in the US refer to themselves as Persians? Why are Iranians not Arabs?
I am confused on some cultural points... Persia is no longer around, now it is called Iran. So why do Iranians call themselves Persians and not Iranians? Why is it Iranians do no consider themselves Arabs? What is the deinition of an Arab to an Iranian? What language domost Iranians speak? Arabic or Farsi or some other one? Forgive me for asking... but Iam just wondering if there are any steriotypes for Iranians? Why do Iranians always say "God Willing..." are they refering to a specific god? Or s this just a saying? Thanks in advance for the help!