SHALL WESTERN AZERBAIJAN TURN INTO NORTHERN KURDISTAN?
One of the effects of the incorrect strategies conducted by the Iranian Leaderships towards Turks that constitutes the largest ethnic group in the country is gradually coming out. The developments in Western Azerbaijan reveal that Iran spoils itself. After the Persian identity was artificially turned into an ethnic identity in 1920s and 1930s, as expected, the Movement of Persian Nationalism which is a sine qua non for the formation of this identity has gained a momentum. The Persianalism movement was created by the super power Britain in early 1900s to create a counter political and ethnic identity against the Turkish states in the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. The fact that the Turkish Independence War which started in 1919 in Anatolia was successfully accomplished in 1923 is an indicator that this strategy was relatively just. The Persian national identity that was founded by Brits has been strictly adopted by the Iranian governments who are not Turkish originated. The Ira
