Ethnic groups in West Asia
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The ethnic groups in West Asia fall into several categories:
- The Middle East proper is dominated by the Arabs. There are various other ethnic groups, the Iranian peoples (primarily the Kurds), Turkic peoples (such as the Syrian and Iraqi Turkmens), Assyrians, Arameans and Jews.
- Iran is mostly populated by Persians alongside a large minority of Turkic peoples (notably Azerbaijanis and Turkmens), Kurds, Balochs, Arabs and other minorities such as Armenians, Pashtuns and Assyrians.
- Anatolia is mostly populated by Turks, besides minorities (notably Kurds).
- Cyprus is populated by mainly by Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
- The Caucasus has many ethnicities, see peoples of the Caucasus.
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Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia[edit]
Anatolia[edit]
Main article: Ethnic groups of Turkey
- Indo-European peoples
Caucasus[edit]
Main article: Peoples of the Caucasus
- Indo-European peoples
- Turkic peoples
- Mongolic peoples
Cyprus[edit]
Further information: Ethnic groups of Cyprus
- Indo-European peoples
- Greek peoples
Iran[edit]
Main article: Demographics of Iran
- Indo-European peoples
- Semitic peoples
See also[edit]
- Arab world
- Arabs
- Jews
- Jewish diaspora
- Semitic peoples
- Turkic peoples
- Iranian peoples
- Archaeogenetics of the Near East
- Demographics of the Arab League
- Demographics of Iran
- Demographics of Turkey
- Ethnic groups of Africa
- Ethnic groups of Europe
- Ethnic groups of South Asia
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