Do you consider Bulgarians to be closer to non-Slavic Balkanites or to non-Balkan Slavs?

[Trun]

Lol, nice and long title. Discuss.

Take into account everything - looks, culture, politics, history and, of course, mafia.

[Pleurat]

Twitch you are closer to who?

[riverman]

Hmm idk, from pics, it's looks like a mix to me, some bulgarians don't look 'slavic' at all to me, some do.

[Loki]

First option, hands-down. Bulgarians are closer to Greeks than they are to Croats. So I guess one could say Bulgarians are sort of a combination of Greeks/Thracians and Turks, and obviously some Slavic.

[Pleurat]

First option, hands-down. Bulgarians are closer to Greeks than they are to Croats. So I guess one could say Bulgarians are sort of a combination of Greeks/Thracians and Turks, and obviously some Slavic.

Why turks?

[Loki]

Why turks?

Because:

1) The Bulgars were a Turkic people
2) Turks from Turkey settled in Bulgaria since more than 600 years ago and intermixed with the local population

[Pleurat]

Because:

1) The Bulgars were a Turkic people
2) Turks from Turkey settled in Bulgaria since more than 600 years ago and intermixed with the local population

Turkic people were mongoloid, not arabic.... the turks that settled did not mix with the population, relegion did not allow that and bulgarians hatted turks, turks are very diverse people,however....

[Trun]

Why turks?

Because Loki likes to troll Bulgarians lately

[Loki]

Turkic people were mongoloid, not arabic....

First of all, Turkic people were a Caucasoid-Mongoloid mix. Secondly, how is this relevant?

the turks that settled did not mix with the population, relegion did not allow that and bulgarians hatted turks, turks are very diverse people,however....

Do you seriously mean to tell me that over 600-700 years no intermixing whatsoever happened? Were there laws to prohibit intermarriage?

Mixing happens when people live together in a country. It always does.

[Loki]

Because Loki likes to troll Bulgarians lately

I am not trolling.