Deno
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- Bernard Lewis.
Are you saying that Ottoman way of life, understanding of state bussiness and bureaucracy which is of lack of better words immensly upgraded version of Persian bureaucracy, art and science are credited to Persians?
Dude, Ottomans united the Islamic art and science with West and that makes them uniqe only Helenic people tried and and they couldn't sustain this more than 100-200 years which Ottomans and by that I mean Turks did that for 700 years...
I know what you mean. but trust me one day persian empire will rise again!
as for your azeris, they see themselves as Iranian, do you know most Iranian here are some part azeri?
go ahead and ask them if they think they are turks lol
Azeri Turks see themselves as Turks as much as Kurds see themselves as Turks... You need to live in Iran or talk with Azeri Turks in Iran to understand that. Azeri Turks in Iran would support the state and Persian people gainst a foreign threat but they don't see themselves as Persians and got really angry if someone claim that.