And people shouldn't forget genetic shift. The Azerbaijanis are descended from tribal Turkic peoples for the simply reason that they couldn't have just simply taught their language to just a big population without adequate schooling. Such views are the usual illogical and nonsensical wikipedian and pop-genetics nonsense. The reason Azerbaijanis show genetic traits in common with Georgians and Iranians is because of later mixing and mixing with the original inhabitants, not because they are not descended from Turkic tribes. This is called genetic drift. You cannot show the original genetics of a population if they keep mixing with other populations (which is natural... everyone is mixed) because new genetics covers old genetics. Every ethnic Azerbaijani will obviously be descended from the original Turkic tribes, to think they do not is nonsense and highly illogical. This article should mention genetic drift rather than stating that they were Turkified which is, and I will be blunt, a stupid, moronic view.