Turkey is a ‘torn country’ meaning it is a borderland between two different grou

Turkey is a ‘torn country’ meaning it is a borderland between two different groups, and because of it’s location it contains a pretty complex genetic distribution. (“Mongrel”)

The west anatolian(black sea) and east iranic(caspian sea) branches did separate in the distant hunter gatherer age. Followed by post-natufian farmer introgression. mesopotamian empire expansion, Caucuses and steppe introgression, Iranic expansion, and of course the widespread travel under the muslim empires, including the capture of the islamic empires by the turks. But there is very little trace of turkic ancestry in their genetics. It was a largely cultural and religious transformation.
I’ve humorously arguee that god went thru greece and turkey with an ugly stick punishing them for some long forgotten crime, because the different gene pools had a heck of a time practicing selection. 😉
Now in practical terms, southern italian, greek, anatonian and some caucasian people are closely related. While half of turkey is populated by the Kurds, who really do want and need a separate kurdistan. And they are an iranic people.
As for europeans the more westward you move into europe along the mediterranean from anatolia, the more hunter gatherer and steppe integration. And while italians are proud of their heritage they are heavily italo-celtic and germanic in the north.

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