Who are Hungarians?

[Loki]

[Corvus]

That`s how they view themselves:

Hungarian Turanism (Hungarian: Turanizmus) is a Hungarian nationalist political ideology which stresses the alleged origins of the Hungarian people in the steppes of Central Asia ("Turan") and the affinity and origin of the Hungarians with Asian peoples such as the Turkic peoples, Huns etc.

The Hungarians were nomads before the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin and their culture was similar to other Turkic steppe peoples. However, their Central Asian origin is not supported by academic researches. They prefer a Uralic homeland (mainly on linguistic grounds and recent genetic researches) rather than a Central Asian. The ancient relations of the Hungarians and their interactions with other equestrian nomadic peoples are still debated issues. Despite the Hungarian Academy of Sciences having always rejected the Turanic origin theory, it gained wide currency among the Hungarian political right in the years between the two world wars and became an element in Hungarian fascist ideology.

Extremist turanists have even emphasized “ties of ancestry” with the Tibetan, Japanese, and Korean peoples or the ancient Sumerians. The idea of the necessity for "Turanian brotherhood and collaboration" was borrowed from the "Slavic brotherhood and collaboration" idea of Panslavism.

The leader of the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party, Ferenc Szálasi, believed in the existence of a "Turanian-Hungarian" race (which included Jesus Christ). The idea was a key part of his ideology of "Hungarism".

In Hungary some fascists (and non-fascists) tried to link the ancestors of the Hungarians to Timur, the Ottomans and Japan, which some Hungarians of the 1930s described as the 'other sword of Turan' (the first sword being Hungary).
“ While some Hungarian Turanists went as far as to argue they were racially healthier than and superior to other Europeans (including Germans, who were already corrupted by Judaism), others felt more modestly, that as Turanians living in Europe, they might provide an important bridge between East and West and thus play a role in world politics out of proportion of their numbers or the size of their country. This geopolitical argument was taken to absurd extremes by Ferenc Szálasi, head of the Arrow Cross-Hungarist movement, who believed that, owing to their unique historical and geographical position, Hungarians might play a role equal to, or even more important than, Germany in building the new European order, while Szálasi's own charisma might eventually help him supersede Hitler as leader of the international movement.

The right-wing Jobbik party and its president Gábor Vona are uncompromising supporters of Turanism and Pan-Turkism (The ideology of Jobbik considers Hungarians as a Turkic nation.)

[Midori]

Hungarian Turanism (Hungarian: Turanizmus) is a Hungarian nationalist political ideology which stresses the alleged origins of the Hungarian people in the steppes of Central Asia ("Turan") and the affinity and origin of the Hungarians with Asian peoples such as the Turkic peoples, Huns etc.

*sigh* Yeah, and I'm a purple unicorn.

[Anusiya]

If they are from the Turanic steppes, then why don't they go there?

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

If they are from the Turanic steppes, then why don't they go there?

Oh come on..You guys told this nonsense to us ..now to Hungarians ?
Be realistic please

[Tabiti]

If they are from the Turanic steppes, then why don't they go there?

Only after you return back to Africa

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

Only after you return back to Africa

All mankind?
Together with Greeks..

[Corvus]

Hungarians are a healthy mix of Huns and Aryans.
It is also reflected in the English term of the name "Hungaryans" This cannot be a coincidence.
So in all aspects an excellent genetic stock.

[Geminus]

Hungarians are a healthy mix of Huns and Aryans.
It is also reflected in the English term of the name "Hungaryans" This cannot be a coincidence.
So in all aspects an excellent genetic stock.

Hungarians overlap pretty much with their neighbours genetically. Any non European or alleged Hunnic ancestry is very low afaik

[arcticwolf]

As Geminus said genetically they are close to their neighbors. The "problem" with self determination is that anyone can identify as anything they want, regardless of the facts. I may have a fantasy of being a descendant of Buddha, who is to say I'm not? He was predominantly R1a and so am I! There is the proof!

Hungarians are of central European stock, and that's what they are.