Persians and Turks are not Arabs - Introduction.

There is nothing that annoys a Persian or a Turk more (and it happens very often) than being lumped together with the entire Arab world, since they have peculiarities that distinguish them from other countries in the region and also show great pride in their historical and cultural past. What better way to begin this journey than by acknowledging the uniqueness of these two neighbors, cradles of civilization and powerful empires, within the network of Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

Neither of them is an Arab state, nor does it speak Arabic, nor does it belong to the Arab League. The fact that both have a predominantly Muslim religious majority has nothing to do with their ethnic origins, and in fact the Arabs settled in Iran only make up between 2 and 3% of the total inhabitants. In Turkey they were also a very small percentage, but since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, the country has welcomed millions of Arab refugees who today make up approximately 10% of the population. It is curious that both share approximately the same number of inhabitants (around 85 million people), with the average age being 32 years old; they are therefore very young and densely populated societies, occupying 17th and 18th places in the world ranking in this last aspect in 2021.