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I see people "blame" Balkan for light Turks . If Turk is light, he has Balkan ancestry. But in reality the most light people in Turkey live in the North Eastern part, Lazona, where Laz people live.
Most maps show, that Lazona is different from other parts of Turkey. By climate or genetics.
Here is a eye color map. As you see Lazona have the highest percentage of light eyes in Turkey, not western parts.
Map of Sun irradiation, again Lazona gets extremely few sun, compare to other Turkey and have very forested area. This due to Caucasus mounts, they get lots of precipitation coming from Black sea.
And here is genetic map. Lazona is place with the least Arabian admixture in Turkey.
Do you still think the west part of Turkey looks more Euro, than the Eastern part?
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