Day: October 21, 2025

#SouthCaucasus  #Azeris  #GeneticAncestors
When did Azeris become Turkified? Do most Azeris have genetic ancestors coming from Central Asia? – Quora – Concise conclusion:
Turkification of Azeris was chiefly a cultural and linguistic transformation beginning in the medieval period (after the 11th century) driven by Oghuz Turkic migrations and later Turco-Mongol dynamics. Genetically, most Azeris descend mainly from indigenous West Eurasian (Caucasian and Iranian) populations; Central Asian genetic input exists but is a minority contribution, not the dominant ancestry.

See more:
quora.com/When-did-Azeris-be…

See also:
The genetic studies of the Azerbaijani ethnicity: heavy mix of the Turkish, Persian, and the Mountain Jews roots – Google Search  google.com/search?q=The+gene…

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 21, 2025