Closeness to mainland Greeks

[princeton90]

Which of these two is genetically closer to mainland Greeks? Germans or Anatolian Turks?

[Adriaticia]

ofc anatolian turks.

[princeton90]

ofc anatolian turks.

Somewhere I heard that any two European populations are closer to each other than to any non-European population. This is why I ask this question.

[Tenma de Pegasus]

Turks probably

[Hektor12]

Somewhere I heard that any two European populations are closer to each other than to any non-European population. This is why I ask this question.

Turks are not very non-European population, because of that. Don't believe Greeks.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Procrustes-transformed_PCA_plot_of_genetic_variation_of_Europ ean_populations.png

[Fedora]

You could ask the same thing about if they are closer to Anatolian Greeks than Germans.?

[princeton90]

You could ask the same thing about if they are closer to Anatolian Greeks than Germans.?

Yes but Anatolian Greeks are still more European shifted than Anatolian Turks, right?

[Cristiano viejo]

Ottomans.

[Fedora]

Yes but Anatolian Greeks are still more European shifted than Anatolian Turks, right?

Depends on the location ;) Pontic ones are not.

[Renekton]

Germans