Ir.Tab.
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The Turkish constitution on the other hand does not recognize that there are millions of kurds living in the country. Let us not waste time discussing how many they are, but the Turkish constitution considers the entire population to be Turks (ethnicity) only and nothing else. Besides the big population of kurds, the allewits and shias which make up at least 20% of the population in Turkey is not given full rights to practice their religion. You all are aware that the kurds are forbidden to have kurdish surnames.
In fact Turkish constitution was a result of military coups. As you mentioned, not acceptable at all. But The military based Turkish constitution is going to be replaced with a full democratic one in the near future. Things change fast in Turkey. Now it is a while from the moment some of Kurdish parliament members embraced PKK activists in public. Although there were strong objection against this action, but those Kurdish parliament members are still in the parliament of Turkey. Compare this with Iran. most probably they had been hanged not more than a month after the incident!
In terms of religious minorities our rank is very bad my friend. I think it is better to scape this one!
Considering the fundamental difference, one can easily claim that the Iranian constitution is the most advanced one in the region protecting the rights of minorities. I am not saying that the Iranian constitution is more democratic in other aspects compared to its neighbors´; it is not.
It is proven that the constitution, which now is inactive for more than 30 years, can not solve any problem alone. It is time to change. I will review the minority rights in Azerbaijan to have a better idea about where we are.
Furthermore intermarriage is very common between the shia population in Iran. This has been going on for hundreds of years and is nothing new. There are millions and millions of young Iranians who have both Azari & Persian parents, further cementing the unbreakable bonds.
This is the point the majority of Turkic Azeri people consider it when they are demanding their rights. In fact for Turkic people of Iran the ugly separatist movements similar to PKK, PJAK, ... are not acceptable.