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The same goes for Greece. It is thanks to the mutual(Orthodox/Sunni) imperial heritage.
The people who show a readable East Eurasian admixture called ethnic Turks. These are the Anatolian and Balkan Turks. But whatever the amount of their East Eurasian admixture, they usually tend to cluster with the population to who they are native of the land. In many cases among Anatolian Turks, it is Greeks from all over Anatolia. Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Greeks for the Balkan Turks. Ethnically these two are representative of genetical averages what we call "Turkish." Many other minorities are representing their own names as they show different admixtures than Turks.
Other communities are also welcoming in Turkey's social structure as well, this is highly normal, and not only ones who live in Turkey but also still live in other Balkan countries tend to identify Turkish as well. It is thanks to their identification compass turned into Ottomans, and Turk was equal to Muslim during Ottomans. Considering Turkey is a nation-state, it is not likely anymore. But instead of giving up on former subjects who contributed to Ottomans and modern-day Turkey, the social norms encouraging us to accept them as if they are Turks too, still. This is where things are getting confusing. Even so, Turkey is not the only country that experiences the same situation. Plus, in your case, all the Bosniaks who settled in Turkey have already integrated into society a long time ago.
So, genetic and actual life is two different variables. The term Turk still covers the former Ottoman subjects who sided with them afterward. It functions how Greeks are absorbed Slavic and Aromanian speakers in the North, and Anatolian Greeks in the East then eventually became a nation-state. Turks have also absorbed Balkan and West Asian Muslims which are Bosniaks, Pomaks, Albanians, Circassians, and Georgians to some degree. In addition, few others who were already living in Anatolia. These communities usually call themselves like "Bosniak Turk, Circassian Turk" as a sign of they know who they are actually, but prefer to be Turkish. Again, in Turkey's social structure, no one is less or more Turk than each other and everyone mentioned above accepted as Turkish naturally.
It is just genetics that we should separate these groups. Because the communities we call ethnic Turks have nothing to identify except but Turk while the others have.
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