It's funny that Turks who admit that we are similar are not able to read between the lines. They live in an area that has been Greek for thousands of years. A large portion of them are ethnically Greek who no longer speak the language. The problem with your 50-50 theory is that
we have documents that clearly say that Greeks did not intermarry with Ottoman Turks in the 300-500 year span(depending on location) while there's also no record of Turks settling in 'Asia' (aka Asia Minor) by removing the indigenous population. On the contrary, the archives suggest that they were mostly interested in taxes and manpower, which was provided to them. By assuming the identity the Ottomans wanted, these people would have relaxed taxation, so they were 'Turkified'. Enjoy your heritage
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