What is the ancestry of Turkish people?
Speaking a language that originated near Mongolia, yet genetically a mix of all kinds of ethnicities. That makes ancestry in Turkey very complicated. And it also varies quite a bit from region to region. There is an influence both of Ancient Anatolians, but also of the Oğuz Türkmens (Turcomans).
What is the difference between the ethnic Turks?
The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the Anatolian Turks in Asia Minor underlies the Turkish nationalist ideology.
Did the Turkish DNA Project say Turks should boycott ancestry?
The Turkish DNA Project, a misinformation portal on Facebook and Twitter known for posting genetic graphs and charts without references or sources, expressed frustration with Ancestry.com, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world. The misinformation project called for “all Turks to boycott this company: Ancestry.”
Are Turkish people closely related to other populations in Central Asia?
Turkish people, and other Western Asian populations, may also be closely related to Central Asian populations such as those near Western Asia. This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
What is the closest ethnic group to the Turkic race?
Turks are closest to OCA (Caucasus) and OME (Iranian and Syrian) groups, compared to other groups or populations such as East-Central European populations (OEC), European (EUR, including Northern and Eastern European), Sardinian, Roma, and Turkmen.
What do we know about the origin of Turkic people?
A 2020 global study looking at whole-genome sequences showed that Turks have relatively lower within-population shared identical-by-descent genomic fragments compared to the rest of the world, suggesting mixture of remote populations. Some of the Turkic peoples originated from Central Asia may be related to the Xiongnu.