Iran–Turkey relations Iran–Turkey relations The relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey have been generally peaceful since the establishment of the modern states, but sometimes have also been strained. Iran and Turkey are major trade partners. Turkey and Iran have heavy mutual influence on each other, due to geographical proximity, linguistic and ethnic relations (e.g. Azerbaijanis, a Turkic people, are the second largest ethnicity in Iran and Kurds, an Iranic people, are the second largest ethnicity in Turkey) many common cultural aspects, shared empires, and conquering by such as the Parthians, Achaemenids, Sassanians, Seljuks, Safavids, Afsharids, Ottomans
Azerbaijani population ethnic composition of the population according to the 2009 population census: 91.6% of the population in the Republic of Azerbaijan are Azerbaijanis. According to the World Factbook, Azerbaijani people make up 90.6% of Azerbaijan's population in 1999. According to the statistics presented by the World Bank Data, the total number of Azerbaijani population in 2017 was 9,862.430 million people. Azerbaijanis of Dagestan are Azerbaijani branch of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan Republic. Based on the latest census Russian Federation in 2010, 130,919 person Azeris live in Dagestan. which makes them the region's sixth largest ethnic group and 4.5% of its