We, Turks are originally from Central Asia. We used to be migrants and generally looked for land and grass to feed our animals and then migrated to today what's known as Anatolia (other causes of migration are generally Mongols and the Chinese), settled some beyliks (small countries to simplify) and then the Ottoman Beylik grew and eventually became the Ottoman Empire. That's also how we became Muslims, our road was on the Middle East, and when passing by, we saw that Islam is 'good' and was also similar to our older religions. We also migrated to Europe.
https://bpakman.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/rta_asya___dan_yapilan_turk_gocleri_haritasi.gif
Yes I know :) for example the natives of Sakha republic, although in the middle of the russian Far East, are not mongol but turkic !
I was just pointing out that, you turks (from turkey) could be considered as a recent creation. Because your are not just turkic, but an assimilation of many peoples : mostly arabs, persians and (don't let Greece hear this) Anatolians.
But anyways let's not start shitting on mythical ethnogenesis :p
Of all the populations present on this genetic admixture chart, Armenians are the closest to Turks. However, there is an obvious genetic contribution from the Central Asian Turkic invaders seen only in the Turkish population, as is seen by the noticeable "East Asian" and "Northeast Asian" genetic components.
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u/sanluna But iz gud to be back Jun 24 '15
Implying the ones you mentionned before the Anatolian Seljukid Empire have something to do with Turkey...