>>509030455 (OP)Dumb nigger, Azerbaijan existed before Soviets. Name choice is irrelevant.
>>509030608Azeris are a mystery meat, a conglomeration of many ethnicities.
Their Turkic heritage is around 15-30% and they identify as such.
They are not Persians, in fact Persian is a cultural identity rather than a racial.
>>509031128Azerbaijan is a close ally of Turkey in a symbiotic relationship rather than being a puppet, and it tries to keep the balance between the West and East.
>>509031897They are a mix of everything so it affords them to shape shift depending on political interests.