How much phenotype overlap does Turkey have with its neighbours?

[DomitiusAurelian]

Turkey is largely flanked by Syria and then Iraq to the south. Odd you missed Syria particularly (the biggest land border with you)...And the Turks there look pretty indistinguishable from the neighboring Syrians and Iraqis as phenotypes go (I mean the Christians and Kurds, not the full blown Arab syrians/iraqis). I understand that turks have some aversion towards Arabs, but we gotta be factual here...

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[DomitiusAurelian]

Greece, Georgia and Armenia should have the highest overlap among those.

My father looks like a textbook Georgian, and so do I.

[Thracian]

Eastern Thrace:

Bulgaria: due to recent Pomak and Turkish migrations from Bulgaria.

Greece: due to Greek Muslims (aka Patriyots), and Pomak and Turkish migrations from Greece.

Anatolian part is quite complex and already mentioned about it.

[Hektor12]

I understand that turks have some aversion towards Arabs, but we gotta be factual here...

We have undoubtedly bigger aversion toward armenians, do you see us ignoring facts about them? Unfortunately, what you want to believe isnt realistic. Despite geographic proximity, we share almost nothing with our southern neighbors. Im honestly telling you, in my life i only once mistook a Syrian for Turkish and she was wearing very heavy make-up, it was the reason. Even native Arabs of SE look considerably different than Syrians. Only Assyrians have same look but their population in Turkey is a few thousands.

Generally,

Thracians=Bulgarians
Western Anatolians=Greeks with exception of Turanids
Eastern Black Sea=Georgians
Eastern Anatolians=Iranians, armenians

[Hungarian_master]

I never been in Turkey, but it is a big country with various phenotypes and regional differences, but overall, this is how I would rank it:
1. Azerbaijan
2. Greece
3. Armenia
4. Iran
5. Bulgaria
6. Georgia
7. Syria
8. Iraq

[reboun]

Most to least:

Greece
Armenia
Iran
Bulgaria
Georgia
Syria
Iraq

[Tooting Carmen]

Most to least:

Greece
Armenia
Iran
Georgia
Syria
Bulgaria
Iraq

Why such a big gap between Greece and Bulgaria?

[reboun]

Why such a big gap between Greece and Bulgaria?

In fact, I have not seen many Bulgarians but AFAIK they usually look very Eastern European, am I right?

[Tooting Carmen]

In fact, I have not seen many Bulgarians but AFAIK they usually look very Eastern European, am I right?

They are a little less brunet and more round-faced compared to Greeks, but still I am a little astonished you'd say that Greece is the neighbour with whom you overlap the most, yet Bulgaria is the second-least.

[reboun]

They are a little less brunet and more round-faced compared to Greeks, but still I am a little astonished you'd say that Greece is the neighbour with whom you overlap the most, yet Bulgaria is the second-least.

I always thought that Bulgarians are closer to Ukrainians than they are to Greeks by phenotype. I might be wrong.