What defines ethnicity?

[Atlantic Reptilian]

But being ethnically Turkish is not something related to race. If a group of people or a single person told they are Turkish and are accepted by the other Turkish people, then they would be considered as ethnically Turkish.

But Turks (ethnically speaking) are those who are have most of their ancestry in Turkey? I'm not talking about the Turk nationality.

[reboun]

But Turks (ethnically speaking) are those who are have most of their ancestry in Turkey? I'm not talking about the Turk nationality.

Almost every Turk has immigration background.

[Atlantic Reptilian]

Almost every Turk has immigration background.

But there must've been Turks who were native? Sure, the Ottoman empire did have a lot of officials that were of many different ethnicities, but wasn't the Sultan himself native Turk?

[reboun]

But there must've been Turks who were native? Sure, the Ottoman empire did have a lot of officials that were of many different ethnicities, but wasn't the Sultan himself native Turk?

They usually had both native and non-native heritages.

[Atlantic Reptilian]

They usually had both native and non-native heritages.

Understood

[Adriaticia]

Ancestry