Direct path (aviation path) between Rome/Lazio (Italy) and Ankara (Turkey) crosses over Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece's province of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
https://i.postimg.cc/rmbV45cJ/IMG-20260302-164812.png
A 50/50 mix of Central Italian and Turkish is closer to both initial data points (Central Italy, Turkey) than to the countries inbetween (Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, that Greek province).
https://i.postimg.cc/VkVCYGVQ/IMG-20260302-170215.jpg
Code:
Italian_Lazio,-0.20418528,-0.052697956,0.017578839,-0.043913918,-0.027902906,0.025570723,-0.00033752037,0.013358374,0.0095250407,-0.004173495,0.010083876,-0.001186499,0.0034401135,0.0016019533,-0.01022668,0.0058853309,0.0036851425,-0.0027287577,-0.0019286472,0.0047188846,-0.0018761461,-0.0049334626,0.0072703702,-0.0058309014,0.0055032162
Turkish_Ankara,-0.11797721,-0.04498606,-0.0047008089,-0.02462402,-0.014289762,0.051479242,-0.010875656,-0.010171877,-0.010236111,-0.0027729303,0.0015059553,0.0042626077,0.0045897137,0.00038756931,-0.0014026618,0.00012521979,0.0040403697,0.0012046599,0.0036430003,0.001747735,-0.0027047113,-0.0017572674,0.002078369,-0.0017895015,-0.0004813688
Albanian,-0.19948233,-0.06487018,0.022188421,-0.039580799,-0.018331882,0.0098538569,-0.0016546257,0.0095079495,0.004637641,-0.0041132069,0.0088254171,0.0024775555,0.0029266727,0.00029104824,-0.0039822696,0.0024237949,0.0026901513,0.0058627403,0.0026158663,0.0038913129,-0.0071218755,-0.0036357256,0.007072134,-0.012272026,-0.00077521463
North_Macedonian,-0.19521356,-0.069793557,0.027574155,-0.032857848,-0.0036006004,-0.011564809,-0.00055820676,0.0019401619,0.002781953,-0.001182201,0.0031694566,-0.0001723973,0.001172766,0.0013614616,0.0025895294,-0.0028896878,-0.00049748485,0.0054912499,0.0052945074,0.0025299381,-0.0056631478,-0.0024512972,0.0023438211,-0.0070444669,-0.0031434083
Bulgarian,-0.19246209,-0.06676578,0.026290462,-0.034091659,-0.0055378845,-0.0052154512,-0.0025039302,0.0046598978,0.00039110815,-0.0043971219,0.0034073113,0.0015942623,0.00026970587,-9.3136811e-05,0.0032442113,-0.00061736277,-0.0003745871,0.0061391381,0.0038685075,0.0024941251,-0.0054594359,-0.0032607954,0.0032529804,-0.0092461124,-0.0012607567
Greek_Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace,-0.19137458,-0.061636745,0.022629475,-0.036692388,-0.01056584,-0.0004164613,-0.0010969412,0.008407368,-7.441435e-05,-0.0033134167,0.0044726871,-0.0018456652,0.0044304492,0.0016148723,0.0038891985,-0.0001252198,-0.0028065655,0.0035936764,0.004279186,0.0047069683,-0.0041560197,-0.0046620042,0.00035293059,-0.01404824,-0.0047421331
Code:
50%_Italian_Lazio_50%_Turkish_Ankara,-0.161081245,-0.048842008,0.006439015,-0.034268969,-0.021096334,0.0385249825,-0.0056065882,0.0015932485,-0.0003555352,-0.0034732126,0.0057949156,0.0015380544,0.0040149136,0.0009947613,-0.0058146709,0.0030052753,0.0038627561,-0.0007620489,0.0008571766,0.0032333098,-0.0022904287,-0.003345365,0.0046743696,-0.0038102014,0.0025109237