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| Topic Started: May 11 2007, 07:09 PM (185 Views) | |
| ren | May 11 2007, 07:09 PM Post #1 |
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A quote from a DNA-Forum member that I thought provides an interesting description of pre-Iranized Turks, interesting from a historical perspective. A hard cry from the Med Turkish who now hold the banner of Turkic nationalism. I must say that when the average Central Asian Turk (such as Uighur) picture themselves to be, they must think of the Turkified Anatolian Hellenes and think that their own Central Asian features must be due to some polluting admixture with Mongols. Ironic.
http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/26/2600323.pdf Edited by ren, Sep 20 2009, 02:26 PM.
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| Jhangora | Sep 21 2009, 05:36 AM Post #2 |
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Certainly no surprise. I guess citizens of Turkey form the biggest block of population among the Turkic people today and they also happen to be the most well - off economically among the Turkic people. I have never been to Turkey but my perception is that a high percentage among them have Caucasian features or Caucasian/White European features are considered ideal in Turkey. That is the reason there is confusion about appearance of Turks today/in the past. There is no doubt Turks originated in Central Asia/Siberia and even the Turkish citizens accept that. Most Central Asian Turkic people have predominantly Mongolian features. According to some Turks Sakha people in Russian Siberia are the purest Turks and by no stretch of imagination can they be called Caucasian. Russian/Soviet influence in Central Asian countries would also have resulted in Caucasian admixture no doubt. However, according to some genetic studies Russian gene pool has a considerable Mongol input. On All Empires History Forums there were some Turk/Turkic members who accepted the diversity of phenotype dispalyed among Turkic people. Afterall a people is denoted by it's culture and language. Genotype and Phenotype is secondary. |
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