Originally Posted by
Halgurd
Anything can be a possibility. But I guess its all speculation. No one really disputes Ottoman Sultans Turkish origins despite their maternal line being non Turkish.
The dynasty of Ayyub itself is pure Kurdish. Plus the name Turan shah isn't actually Turkic, it's Iranic. Tughtekin was also the name of a well known Turkic Muslim warrior at the time who fought the Crusaders, it is possible he is named after him. Rabia is an Arabic name, who married Gokbori the governor of Erbil at the time who was unrelated to the Ayyubid family before his marriage.
Turks in this case use it more as a ploy to discredit Salahaddin's Kurdish origins which I find very sad honestly.