Turks, Kurds, Iranians from Ancient Times to the Present

• Even though social scientists today do not find the concept of race very pleasant, in the 19th century. From the second half of the century to the 20th century. This was not the case until the last quarter of the century. Until recently, the concept of race has been a concept frequently and often crudely used to classify, name or investigate human societies living on earth. Today, we can say that there is a general consensus both in the social sciences literature and in everyday language that this concept is not as reliable as it used to be. Aside from the fact that classifying human societies based on physical characteristics is a wholesale and unhealthy form of analysis, we now know well what terrible consequences a mentality that views the world from a static framework such as race can lead to: XX. The genocides that have occurred since the 19th century must be considered among the most painful consequences.

• The book you have in your hand is the author's monograph, which was the product of his research trip to the Middle East in 1956 and published in 1961. The author set out on this journey to investigate the racial roots of the Turks, Kurds and Iranians, the three settled peoples of the Middle East, dating back to ancient times. Von Eickstedt, who investigated the relations between these three peoples and the civilizations previously settled in the geographical area where they currently live, through on-site observation method, synthesized the findings of this research with the information obtained from different disciplines.