Do Greeks look similar to Turks?

[Chocolate_Hound]

Turks have some Levantine and Turkic influences Greeks lack. What they do share however is the native Anatolian ancestry, though most southern Europeans share this and it is not limited to Greece.

Of the Turks I personally know, they look more like off-white Latinos rather than looking Greek, and the Central Asian influence is clear. One woman though could fit just fine in Ukraine or whereabouts, but she is atypical. The Greeks I know look Balkan.

Does Erdogan look fully white to you? Or is there something "off" about him?

[Chocolate_Hound]

There is definitely a Central Asian/Turkic input in many Turks I have observed. I wouldn't say Turks look Semitic - to me they look like Southern Europeans with a bit of chink thrown in. Minor overlap with Levantines, but they for the most part have their own look IMO.

[joanna_38]

Maybe but at the same time i just always think it's the region the people spent through generations. Like if someone had a family who spent hundreds of generations in a certain area (very close to Turkey) and due to the climate, they might eventually adapt similar characteristic. But if you compare a Greek person from Kefalonia or Zakynthos to a Turk, it might be far off genetically. Similar to why a Greek person from Thessaloniki or Florina is not similar in terms of looks with someone from Peloponnese. And even that, you don't expect people not to mix a lot dna-wise. My dad for example, comes from an area where there is little to no western asian influence hence my dna results showing none of it on his side.