Middle Easterners
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
Anatolia
Main article: Ethnic groups of Turkey
Ethnic map of Asia Minor and Caucasus in 1914
- Indo-European peoples
Caucasus
Main article: Peoples of the Caucasus
- Indo-European peoples
- Turkic peoples
- Mongolic peoples
Cyprus
Further information: Ethnic groups of Cyprus
- Indo-European peoples
- Greek peoples
Iran
Main article: Demographics of Iran
- Indo-European peoples
- Semitic peoples