What % of today's Turks are Ancient Greek?

**Annihilus** · 11-17-2013, 10:20 PM

Bring on the shit storm

**Shah-Jehan** · 11-17-2013, 10:21 PM

100% mate

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 11-17-2013, 10:22 PM

Very few, but mostly in Istanbul.

**Prisoner Of Ice** · 11-17-2013, 10:22 PM

Ottomans grabbed up all the blonde and tall children to become janissaries, so they could potentially have more than Greece itself. It's still probably negligible, however.

**Shah-Jehan** · 11-17-2013, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Sikeliot

Very few, but mostly in Istanbul.

Izmir I would say rather...

**Annihilus** · 11-17-2013, 10:27 PM

Yo mods, made mistake with poll question "What % of today's "Greeks" are Ancient Greek?" should be "What % of today's "Turks are Ancient Greek?" please help por favor.

**Anglojew** · 11-17-2013, 10:28 PM

I'd say about 75% although most have Turkic admixture. The remainder include various groups like Kurds

**Roy** · 11-18-2013, 07:03 AM

They don't look Greek or European for the most part - it's probably restrcited to some regions close to Mediterranean Sea.

**Dengizik** · 11-18-2013, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Roys

They don't look Greek or European for the most part - it's probably restrcited to some regions close to Aegean Sea.

Fixed.

**Hellenas** · 11-18-2013, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Ottomans grabbed up all the blonde and tall children to become janissaries, so they could potentially have more than Greece itself. It's still probably negligible, however.

Nordicism detected. Stop being in denial, we all know what you are.