Recent protests of Iranian Turks and the identity issue in Iran
Azerbaijani Turks in Iran took to the streets in Tabriz in order to protest the Iranian government and a television channel after a children’s television programme aired in the beginning of November on the Iranian state TV that, insulted Iranian Turks. This television programme on the Fitilehha channel included offensive jokes about Iranian Turks being stupid. One joke showed a Turkish child brushing his teeth with a toilet brush in this programme. Even though the state broadcaster apologised and this programme was discontinued, Iranian ...
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