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Hi everybody! I recently discovered that there was no entry for ethnic Turks (as opposed to citizens of Republic of Turkey or speakers of the Turkish language or of all the Turkic languages combined), so I created one along the lines of the other ethnic group articles. But it needs a lot of help to conform the the standard of the other articles. //Big Adamsky 05:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, what a total difference since yesterday - looks really thorough and professional, User:70.122.73.105! 8-] //Big Adamsky 19:19, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I would like the anti-Turkish bias removed from this article

What do the harems have to do with the Turkish people? It is not as if a significant part of the Turkish population is descended from the harems. It just sounds like people who have a dislike for Turks are posting irrevelent information just to remind people of the negative aspects of Ottoman Turkey.DivineIntervention 21:00, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It might help with the Demographics 'war' if dissenters gave their sources

When I made the edits and put in the data on the Turkish population, I listed what sources I used. I used German census information, the article on Bulgarian Turks, Ethnologue, etc. Obviously,the number greatly varied and the information at Ethnologue was very dated, but it did point me in the right direction as to which countries have large Turkish populations. If whoever wants to make changes and make them stick, it might help to say where you are getting your figures. The Bulgarian numbers might be low given the nature of Turkish-Bulgarian ethnic relations in the country since the attempts at Slavicizing the Turks is still a bitter memory in recent times, but whatever other information is attained has to explained I'd say. Tombseye 19:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just noted the edits by 85.97.17.88 and have to comment. The information doesn't discern the Kurdish and Turkish populations it seems. It simply relates Turkish citizens which can mean that they are either Kurds or Turks. I know for a fact, that a high percentage of 'Turks' in Germany for example are actually of Kurdish background as I lived there for 7 years. At any rate, the sources isn't all that great, but some of the information might be useful and could be incorporated to some extent as in some cases it might be accurate. Although, the numbers state that over 3.5 million live abroad, while the number in Turkey is well below 60, so where does the 67 million figure come from? Tombseye 00:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tombseye, the author needs to give the proof and the source for the sentence "While perhaps less than one-third of those who self-identify as ethnic Turks." Who originally claimed this and what methods were used to come up with this number? The burden of proof is not on the dissenters it is on who claims this.AverageTurkishJoe 17:29, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish Identy

Well then "To be Turk" doesnt mean you have to %100 pure Turkish race.There are more than 30 nations in Turkey and most of them have been melting between eachother."Obedience to Turkish Replublic" couchs to be a Turk...

Turks in Bulgaria

Bulgarians oppressed more than 3 million turks in Bulgaria and forecefully bulgarized them, now the number of turks in Bulgaria is 12% from 50%

http://www.ingilish.com/turksofbulgaria.htm

Most of the Turks weren't Bulgarized, they were forced to emigrate back to Turkey according to the link you posted. It doesn't say anywhere in the article that half the population of Bulgaria was Turkish at any point. In fact, the article says that the majority of "turks" in Bulgaria were in fact "turkified Bulgarians", including the majority of those who emigrated to Turkey after the first world war. Epf 08:59, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Could the significant populations be split out of the infobox into a separate table like Kurdish people? Or could the language etc. be put above the significant populations bit? - FrancisTyers 01:07, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, most ethnic groups follow the format that the Turks article does, such as Russians, French people, and Romanians. --Khoikhoi 01:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, you are right, perhaps the Kurdish people article should be adjusted accordingly. I still think that significant populations should be at the bottom of the infobox though... Perhaps I'll bring it up on the template talk page. - FrancisTyers 01:24, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorting issue on balkan and anatolian Turks over immigrant turks

When it comes to the population stats of Turks in various countries, I would suggest a emphasis on Turks who have been living in countries for several centuries(Bulgaria, greece, macedonia, serbia), over recent immigrant communities(Germany, netherlands, france). I think we should move those countries up the list to highlight the difference.

Otherwise it might give the impression that Turks are native to Germany or the lands around Germany, rather than Anatolia and the Balkans.

Who's with me here ?

Explain your identy at first...

Germany offered workers to Turkey in 50's and 60's.Besides nobody can move Turks anywhere...

New image

Hey, nice job! It looks like the Tatars page has some competition... :-P --Khoikhoi 01:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The new image has some problems. Roxelana, according to most accounts, never saw herself as a Turk, but Ukrainian which she was. Also Barbarosa was a Greek convert to Islam. I realize that since Turks are themselves related to these people (moreso Greeks than Ukrainians) this can be quite confusing, but we should at least stick to the point where when people identify themselves as Turks, they qualify and those that do not shouldn't be lumped in. Otherwise, the picture seemed okay. I still prefer the 4 people format myself. Tombseye 04:06, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barbaros Hayrettin was Greek!!??? Hürrem was Ukrainian!!???

Barbaros was a Turkish pirate who lived in Algeria.Hürrem was a crimean Tatar(or Turk).Sinan was greek,right?(!)

I didnt understand why all Turks try to seen diffrent here(!)

"Roxelana, according to most accounts, never saw herself as a Turk"

Has anybody talked with her? If it was so,she could kill all the Turks...

So both of you(tombseye and khoikhoi) are not Americans...

I'm an American... Californian actually. --Khoikhoi 06:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks it is better not to make any effort about something here...

Okay, no big argument here, but the 4 people page looks better than the 20 Turks stacked up. The 4 people picture resembles the other pages like the Russians, Greeks, etc. Roxelana's father was an Orthdox priest and she spoke Ukrainian. Maybe her mother was a Tatar, I don't know. The Barbarosa brothers were born on the Greek island of Lesbos to a Greek father. They converted to Islam to get ahead in the Ottoman Empire and became pirates and then Khair ud Din became the admiral of the Ottoman fleet. Perhaps Barbarosa could be considered a 'Turk' or not. Me, I think of him as a Greek convert and Roxelana as a Ukrainian sold into slavery who rose to become something more. My passport begs to differ, but I'm not sure what my nationality has to do with this. Ciao. Tombseye 06:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems ok in my book. After all the article mentions that turks are an amalgation of different ethnic groups. Many people adapted Turkish ethnicity over the years. Ive met many Greeks who tell me that most Turks are in fact turkified Greeks. Maybe we could replace Barbarossa or Hurrem with Sezen Aksu. Come on, surely there must be a place for the most prominent Turkish singer in the past 30 years or so. Also, i prefer the 4 people version of Orhan Pamuk over the new one. But for the most part, good job on inanna's partEnter sandman

Hey Inanna did a good job, no question. I just think it'd be cool if we kept the 4 people format as it reflects some continuity. I don't mean to be rigid, but encyclopedias are meant to be informative and not platforms for national pride or whatever. The 4 people collage reflects as many different aspects of the population as possible, preferably with some creative/scientific achievement, political figures, and hopefully one woman as well. Tombseye 18:32, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree one woman would be better.

Tombseye:

How do you know that she spoke ukrainian? Everybody speaks the language of their own country's majority language.She was crimean tatar.You can see that in your web-site as well.Barbaros was Turkish.Even your web-site says that also.The things what you say has no prove...Dont forget to chage them!

I mean all the minorities call themselves Turks as you do it for yoursleves.US and EU want to seperate them by provacations but it will be a flop...

I dont make any national pride.You gave permission that alexander's or aristotele's pictures about greeks.Alexander was albanian(illyrian) as his most army.Aristotele was macedonian(slav).Trojans were luvis(hittites)...What is mean than double-standard?

Doesn't anybody want to sign their username? Geez. She said who her father was. A Ukrainian Orthodox priest. What website are you talking about? Like this one that says she was a Russian (Ukrainian subtype): http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/empires/ottoman/roxelana.html

That's from the university of Calgary so if they're wrong, you should let them know I guess. Her birthname was Aleksandra Lisowska. It's in history books. Read them. She was absolutely NOT a Crimean Tatar. As for the Barbarosa brothers, actually, the wikipedia doesn't say much at all and it's not my article. If you check actual sources such as an encyclopedia, you will see that the Barbarosa brothers were born Greek on the island of Lesbos and converted to Islam. Check the Encyclopedia Brittanica or Encyclopedia Americana and then tell me I'm wrong because I'm really not. Tombseye 10:33, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Enter Sandman:

Your greek friends are just history thieves and this web-site supports them.If you ask them,they will say everybody is greek.Hollywood try to show them as heros.I cant understand why the masters(!) of american media loves greeks so much although they hate them and i cant understand why they try to show Turks terrible although we have always helped them...

Who are you talking to?Tombseye 10:33, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1) It is such a stupid idea that when you search Turks, your are redicting to this page. This page is full of info for Turks who live in Turkey. IT IS NOT FAIR... Because there are approximately 250 million people whose ethnicity is called Turk.

You must realize the difference between ethnic Turks and the larger group of Turkic peoples which includes ethnic Azeris, Turkmen, Uyghurs, etc.Epf 09:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Turk was firstly used by Persian (please search name 'Firdavsi', 'Türa'), to identify people who maintained their culture in Central Asia. After solving conflicts among 25 families, they were 25 tribes which was called Turk, because in Orkhun Scripts vizier Nizamül-mülk said that " They are 25, and they all are my sons. I fought 12 times in a year aganist all of them ", Teoman, great king of the huns achieved to take over the control of all families with the idea of a Great Türa Kingdom.

Turks who live in Turkey are mostly Oghuz Turks. There are another 24 tribes which also called Turks. Tatarstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan are also Turkic countries.

2) There are some pictures of well-known Turkey Turks. It is such a shame that Nazım Hikmet is not on the picture, as another well-known Turkey Turks, such as Mevlana, Kemal Dervis. BUT, writer put Orhan Pamuk's picture on the page. Orhan Pamuk is well-known, because of his trail. Many of people know him, NOT BECUASE OF HIS BOOKS. As a reader, I did read some of his books. Personally, his style is not extraordinary and interesting. As consumerism goes its perfect, people are consuming without thinking, or comparing.

I am definetly sure of that some will say " But he was chosen by Nobel Committee ". My answer is " I am not those of man. " A committee cannot decide what is the best and what is the worst for me. Besides, the committe is not unquestionable.

Consequently, Please let the article, Turks, to have its own page with description for all Turkic people.

History is not a fucking best time activity

I would agree that a disambiguation page would be useful for the term Turk so that people could choose different categories including Turkic peoples, Turks in Turkey etc. Orhan was included because he's a modern Turk and he's well known world-wide. This page isn't just for people from Turkey who want or don't want something on this page, but for people world-wide and Orhan's well known and a lot of people happen to like his books, including me. This page reflects having a wide range of people as representing Turks in Turkey from historical figures to creative types and at least one female if possible and a politician. This article accomplished that. Mevlana Rumi was an Afghan Tajik, not a Turk. He was born in what is today Afghanistan and his mother tongue was Persian and he later moved to Anatolia. We can't just include everyone because they at some point moved to Turkey as that's not really fair to the other groups here. These pages should not serve as some nationalist platform for people to crow about their people, but an encylopedic rendition of said group. Tombseye 20:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't care which Turks is most populer on your side. This page is not for someone to describe Turkey's Turks. This page was opened to serve for presenting Turkey' Turks. I am a Turkey Turks and I think I have a right to present my people.

Secondly, I was born in Grece, but may parents are Turks. It doesn't make a Greek, as it doesn't make Mevlana to be an Afghan. Mevlana, firstly moved to Baghdad from Nisabur. It doesn't make him an Iraqi.

If the case about my country, history and culture, be sure I am a nationalist.--hybrid lily 22:13, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So basically, you don't want Orhan Pamuk to be on this page because you don't like him? --Khoikhoi 22:16, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that there are many of Turks who deserve to be on this picture more than him. For ins. NAZIM HİKMET RAN, KEMAL DEVIS, MEVLANA, YUNUS EMRE, BEKTASI. En önemlisi, Istanbul'u alan padişah burda yok, kıçı kırık Orhan Pamuk burda bu ülkenin ünlü insanları arasında yer buluyor. Tamamen saçmalık. Tamamen saçmalık

Çok haklısın.Bana yardımcı olduğun için de çok teşekkür ederim.Çünkü burada tek başıma mücadele etmek gerçekten çok zor ama sonuna kadar gideceğim.Bunlarım amacı bizi kötü göstermek ve ben buna asla izin vermeyeceğim.Orhan Pamuk'un resmini koymamdaki neden de(kendi hazırladığım resimde) bunlara bunu kabul ettirmekti.Bir süre sonra da silecektim.Gördüğün gibi bizi medya araçlarıyla yok etme peşindeler.O adamı desteklemerinin nedeni de,ödül alabilmek için söylediği yalanlar yüzünden.Onu büyük gösterip başkalarını da özendirmeye çalışıyorlar...

And I was born in Cyprus, my parents are Turkish-Cypriots and that doesn't make a Greek as all they want...-Inanna-

The picture

Well democracy rules here so one person's views, even if they are Turkish, doesn't change anything. You can't unilaterally decide who should be on the peoples page. How about we vote on it then? And Rumi is absolutely NOT a Turk. Next thing you'll tell me is that the Kurds are Turks. What we're doing with the 4 people picture is not promoting whom some people think 'deserve' to be on there, but a cross-section of people. That means people different time periods, representing different aspects of life. What's the point of putting up a bunch of classical writers? This isn't a feel good to be Turkish page you know. Encyclopedias need to present all aspects of a society. Now if there's a shortage of well known people or pictures that's another thing, but the choices made by Khoikhoi were frankly excellent. Tombseye 02:29, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Folks, let's leave the mosaic of prominent Turks intact for the time being, it won't be the end of the world if this temporary version happens to be "wrong". Post your suggestions and objections here below. I'll start:

There are far too many small portraits depicted. Other ethnic group boxes have just 3-5 pictures. //Big Adamsky 21:34, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that both should both need changing. I agree that there are far too many people on the picture. However I think that the one has been put up needs to be changed. It should have at least one woman. I think the problem stems from the fact that this picture of 4 Turks did not take into regard the opinions of the Turks on wikipedia concerning whom should be on the picture. The Turks might feel that they were not consulted on who should be on in the picture. Orhan Pamuk is not so popular with the Turks which is why I think all this arguement is all about. Maybe Orhan Pamuk could be replaced by someone else - someone that everyone can agree on. Is it neccessary for Orhan Pamuk to be in the picture paticularly when there are countless other Turks that could be in that picture, especially one female.

Khoikhoi why did you decide Orhan Pamuk? Dont you know that he isn't really popular in Turkey (He mentioned the Armenian Genocide, everytime someone sees him they will remember the Armenian genocide or by clicking his name they will get redirected to the Armenian Genocide page is this why you did it? Hows California I hear the Armenian population is pretty numerous over there) - if I am wrong you will have absolutely no objection to remove Orhan Pamuk from the picture and replace him with someone else. You got one Sultan (a legacy of Turkeys past, you have Ataturk(the founder of modern Turkey) - then you have a author who is controversial in Turkey and a Singer. I think the last two should be changed why dont you have someone loved by Turks like Kemal Sunal(actor), or the first female prime minister of Turkey Tansu Ciller, or any sports star like Hakan Sukur. DivineIntervention 05:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DivineIntervention, I am aware that Orhan Pamuk is not very popular with the Turks. However, there's no rule (correct me if I'm wrong) that states that these pictures in the ethnic group infoboxes have to be national heroes. Doing that only supports nationalism on Wikipeida, and that's not how it is meant to be - Wikipedia is supposed to present facts in a Neutral Point of View. --Khoikhoi 00:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware that Wikipedia is suppost to present facts from a neutral point of view but I am still questioning you insistance out of the 100s if not 1000s of Turks you could have put you chose him? and your insistance to keep him? English People The people on the English Peoples page are all great and highly regarded people by the English. The people on the Spanish Peoples page are all great and highly the Spanish Spanish People, etc..... However Orhan Pamuk is not regarded highly by Turkish people. For this reason alone this picture doesn't present a neutral point of view and therefore does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy. I dont think this is about nationalism, in anycase isn't having Ataturk's in the picture "nationalism" in the first place?? DivineIntervention 02:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just because a lot of Turks don't like him, doesn't mean that he is not famous. I mean, as Tombseye pointed out on another talk page, "Wikipedia is not a feel-good encyclopedia". I agree with that. I don't get what you're saying - how is it that having a picture of a person that some people don't like POV? Having a huge page about the Armenian Genocide isn't necessarily going to please Turks, but we have it. The picture of Turks on the page are just 4 famous Turks - not necessarily people that everyone's going to like. --Khoikhoi 04:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well...first off, this page is a mess. I'm not Turkish, I live in America, and I have no stake in this article. Ok, the 4 pic collage should be kept(looks like ya'll decided on that), I would like to see captions so I tell who they are without going to the image page. But, I do believe that as a source of a "nationalistic" page, the standard has been set by English People , Spanish People, Kurdish People. I see no need to antagonize Turkish peoples without neccisity. This is not neccasary. Orhan Pamuk is definatly not popluar enough to guarantee a picture such as Ataturk is. It seems that maybe we could use a scientific person, any suggestions? Or, maybe even another women, I do know Turks love thier women :). Anyways, best solution, find someone else. Joe I 03:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree that there is no need to have Pamuk in the portraits section. Let's just find someone else to visually represent this particluar people. //Big Adamsky 02:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. He's still famous. --Khoikhoi 04:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone wants this picture to be changed, so there we have it the picture must be changed. There are 100's if not 1000's of other famous Turkish People that can be used, yet Khoikhoi you are still, still, still being insistant on this one guy. I have to ask myself why is it that you are not willing to compromise on this (despite of everyone elses opinion)? This is not a personal attack but I have to question your motives. DivineIntervention 18:19, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think Khoikhoi's simply making the point that Pamuk is a well known Turk worldwide, but if he's creating that much of a stir, I don't think it's imperative to have him. However, Roxelana and the Barbarosa brothers should not be included here. A 4 people picture with a substitute for Pamuk isn't going to kill us so I have no objections to replacing him though. But it's POV to include Roxelana et. al. and all I ask is that they need be included. Thanks. Tombseye 19:30, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Answers for those VandalPedia writers

Democracy is not an issue here. The issue is who would be the best representative of Turkey's Turk. I don't know what type of link you have with Turkey's Turk, but we Turkey's Turks, possess many renwoned people. Actually, I think you don't know most of them. Of course this page cannot be a toy of a couple of individual. Unfortunately, you also should obey this rule.

You will give me such a happiness if you answer this question;

When you buy a book, and if you don't like some part of it, or you don't like one its picture, Do you persist to change the part through your own idea ?

Secondly, I like those of people when a Turkey's Turk start to speak, the issue of Kurds come alive in discussion. I can understand your democracy. Democracy of all, except Turks. An comlaining starts as beause they..., beause they ...

In real life, Kurds and Turks sharing the same religion, the same land, and some piont the same history. Both group of people estalih families, and they have a lot of respect for each other.

The important thing is that the issue cannot be a tool to oppose. It makes both them angry. You cannot make fun on someone's problems. Perhaps problems can be solved, but funny stories on it mostly turns such a revenge. So please change your mind about this conflict.

Which book did you read about Mevlana ? 'read' beause you are not a researcher. I took a close look on self-page. As a SUFI and a historian, so I can be sure about his origin. His father wasn't an Afghan, but his mother was an Afghan. Without a doubt he had link with Afghan, and Muslim Perian culture. Otherwise, he definetely wasn't be a Sufi.

Ok, let's change the idea, most of the American people came from Europe, mostly from England. But they don't say that ' I am a British ', or ' I am a Frank '. They all say that ' I am an American '. ;)

Consequently, by reading papers, books you just learn theories. I spent time in his old Dergah, in Konya. I won't let you to present Turkey's Turks on your point of view. Orhan Pamuk cannot be a good representative among another historic characters.

MEVLANA, OSMAN BEY, FATIH SULTAN MEHMET, YAVUZ SULTAN SELIM, YUNUS EMRE, HACI BEKTASI VELI, NAZIM HIKMET RAN, and a lot of whom I don't remember their names.

Several books, including translations from the original Persian by Barks discuss Rumi's early life. His mother AND father were Tajiks from Afghanistan. He was born there and raised there. It's not really fair to other peoples to just claim anyone you like as a Turk. He's a Persian regardless of where you place him. Do a google search and then look up his work on Amazon.com. His biographic information defines him as a Persian. Why are you arguing over something that academics all agree upon here? Including Turks I might add. Visiting where Rumi lived sounds great, but that's hardly going to give you insights into his nationality.

Interesting analogy about Americans, but Rumi's still an Afghan immigrant and not a Turk. Usually new immigrants to America from say England are called English-Americans or French-Americans or Chinese Americans. Then after a generation sometimes their children still use those terms and others don't. But when you first come to the US, you usually do identify your country of birth most of the time. You can't really not let me do anything. We can get an administrator and/or vote on it, but you also cannot decide by yourself what you want to see here. Tombseye 21:35, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Below for people who knows Turkish;

Arkadaşlar, eğer bu safya Turkiye de yaşayan Türkleri tanıtmak için varsa, Orhan Pamuk belki sonda bile olamaz. Konu Orhan Pamuk'un siyasi kişiligi yada onun kitaplarını tarzını begenmeme degil. Kişisel fikrim, Orhan Pamuk bir yazardan cok, bir pazarlamacıdır. Bir kitap yazar o günün akşamı bütün televizyon kanallarında gülümseyerek kitabı anlatır. Orhan Pamuk sittin sene bir ' Ince Mehmet ' yazamaz.

Benim bu sayfayla ilgili iki noktada kızgınlıgım var.

Birincisi; bütün Türk medeniyetini Türkiye olarak gösteremeyiz. Asyadaki bircok soydaşımızın Türk medeniyeti üzerindeki emeklerini katletmiş oluruz. Ben buna kesinlikle müsade etmem.

İkincisi; Orhan Pamuk'un bir tanıtıcı olarak resme edilmesi ve bu sayfada yer almasıdır.

--hybrid lily 08:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tombseye:

"That's from the university of Calgary so if they're wrong, you should let them know I guess."

Where is calgary? In canada? I didnt suprised.Canada is one of the biggest enemies of Turkey.You can see that they have kept ASALA terrorists and recogized so-called armenian genocide...Anyway,a university which is miles of far away form these lands cant have so clear information...Hürrem was a Crimean Tatar and Barbaros was a Turkish Pirate.Full stop!

Lol, a Canadian university is now an enemy of Turkey and that's why they are discussing Hurrem's background?! That's ridiculous. Have you ever been to a university in North America or Europe? Academics can't lie these days because their peers will catch them and discredit them. What are they going to gain by talking about her background and what her name was before she was taken as a slave? So basically, you believe only what you want to believe rather than what any evidence points to. Just saying she was a Crimean Tatar doesn't change her original name or the fact that her father was a Ukrainian Orthodox priest. I say we get an administrator because no way am I going to agree that Hurrem or the Barbarosa brothers were born Turkish without evidence and references from universities or something academic. Full stop! Tombseye 21:40, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You already dont have evidences especially about BARBAROS...

II.Mehmet is serbian,Süleyman was greek,Mehmet Ali was albanian,Atatürk was jewish,Mevlana was afghan...Your aim is very avaible.Well then,i am really sure about something...

Tombseye,have you gone to church today?

I presented evidence from a professor at a university. So far you haven't shown anything other than opinion. Okay, see a book called The Sultan's Admiral: the Life of Barbarossa which discusses his life. I'm not saying Mehmet, Suleyman, or Ataturk were not Turks, but I am saying that Mehmet Ali was Albanian and Mevlana was Afghan yes. These people were born with different mother tongues and outside of Turkey and remember that Ottoman used to mean anyone from the empire so perhaps you'd like to convince the Serbs that they can be considered Turks then? I'm an atheist so church doesn't usually fall into my list of extracurricular activities. Are you trying to conduct some sort of personal attack just because you can't prove anything other than by making assertations? I haven't gotten personal with you so I'd appreciate it if you'd just discuss whatever references you have and stop acting like I'm trying to denegrate the Turks which I am not. Like I said, we should get an administrator to deal with this then and see who is being biased here. Tombseye 22:47, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and have the decency to sign your username so that there's accountability here. Tombseye 22:48, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hımmmm. Talks turn on Barbarossa. Actually, the history is full of Barbarosas. The word of Barbarosa is an Italian word which means ' red beard '. He was a pirate at once, some says that he was a Cizvit, some says he was an Algerian. Soryy, I am about to forget his real name, Hayrettin.

Tombseye, on your side, all Turkish heros are converts, devsirme. puhahahahahha. As all the other propagandas againist Turkish culture possess this idea.

There are enourmous numbers of books which are ill of Turkish culture. I was an exchange student in POrtugal, at those days I had a change to read some of them. the funniest of them was about the Inquisition. 'Yavuz took all the jews to Anatolia, because he wanted more slaves 'ahhhhhhhhhhh fucking liesssssssss.

Consequently, personally I believe that the West never accepts the fact which come from the East. For instance in your case, if a Canadian proffesor says that Ottoman Empire came from another universe, they had a link with whom built the Pyramids, and they were all E.Ts, I am sure about that you and your friends will accept it without thinking.

The authority of Turkish history is Turkic History and Language Association based in Turkey, in Ankara. Turkish government spends much of its budget for their research. I think you should read it sometimes.. Ohhhhh yeahhhhh, I am about to forget it again, THEY AREN'T CANADIAN :))

--hybrid lily 23:14, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link, but authority really does vary and no one organization can claim ultimate authority, although I do like the link you provided as it in turn archives many links to academic journals and books regarding the Turks of Turkey. Good stuff. I don't believe Jews went to Turkey as slaves and I do agree that people have many false notions about the Turks. I'm not supporting anything about heroes or villains here. I'm just saying that within the Ottoman Empire there were various other peoples. My main criteria here is that if you're born with Turkish as your mother tongue, then we'll include that person as a Turk as most reference books do. We can't include Bosniaks as Turks for this reason even though some Bosniaks became Jannisaries. I'm the one who wrote about the diversity of Turkey in this article and how their origins are varied, but more closely linked to the Balkans and the Caucasus than anywhere else. Overall, I wanted to convey that point, but not include everyone who ever went to or lived in Turkey as a Turk. I'm only following what other reference books and general academic practice denote. Ethnic groups are tricky and opinions vary, but the examples of Roxelana, Rumi, and the Barbarosa brothers are documented and their lives discussed by academics of many countries including Turks. There are many Turkish professors in the US and Europe who also discuss the history and particular points. I'm not trying to be unfair about the Turks at all, but I do believe that we have to set some sort of criteria or just remove these articles on various peoples. My Canadian example was the first in a long list of pages that can be googled. Tombseye 23:39, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My resources are in Turkish.If you speak Turkis,sure! I am an atheist as well and i have just tried to understand something about what i heard.Both of you(tombseye and khoikhoi) always try to change things about Turkey and Turks to negative ways by a big passion.Most of the information about us is wrong in here...

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

There are a lot books written by Turks in English too and journal articles as well so I don't see how that makes a difference at all. What have Khoikhoi and I done to present the Turks in a negative light exactly? We're trying to keep a neat article and keep a 4 people picture spread like all the other peoples articles (see English people or Persian people for examples) and include a wide range of people and not just those some users may prefer, but well known figures worldwide. What information in the article is wrong exactly? Obviously, you have problems with the picture, which I really don't understand as the picture is quite good and inclusive, but I want to know specifically what is wrong with the article which we wrote to be as neutral as possible with numerous references? Tombseye 23:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I mean not only this article.About Turks in Kosova,so-called armenian genocide,battle of gallipoli...Most of them were written by far away from neutrality...

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

I didn't edit those articles and belittling the Armenians killed doesn't sound very neutral either. Whether you call it a genocide or not inserting 'so-called' makes a mockery of the people killed. It's like saying the so-called deaths of Turks during World War I. If you don't agree that it was a genocide that's fine, but you need to present evidence that supports your claim that it was not systematic and that Armenian people weren't deliberately targeted and killed. Otherwise, no one will believe you. Tombseye 00:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your all answers about armenian issue are there...

http://www.ermenisorunu.gen.tr

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

That page doesn't seem to be opening. I'm already aware of the Turkish position that Armenians were not targeted and that many people from all sides were killed during World War I. I get the feeling that the problem you guys have with Orhan is not that he's not a good 'representative' of Turkey, but that he's critical of the view that Turkey has continued to argue that there was no Armenian genocide. Okay, here's the thing, in my country for many years the government said that Native Americans were not killed systematically and that they voluntarily moved etc. these were lies that our govt. told us. They lied recently about the reasons for the Iraq War and they've lied throughout history as with the USS Maine to start the war with Spain. Andrew Jackson for example appears to have supported the murder of Native Americans to push them out. He's on the 20 dollar bill so some consider him a 'hero' of sorts. The point is that countries do a lot of horrible things. The US govt. committed genocide against Filopinos during and after the Spanish-American War and killed untold thousands of civilians. Most people prefer not to think or talk about it, but some us do want it out in the open. Before you accuse me of being biased you need to understand that I'm skeptical of a lot things that governments claim. Now the Turkish govt. claimed back when the Armenians died or were killed that there was no genocide or systemtic killing. Maybe that's true, but did you ever stop to think that maybe your govt. lied to the Turkish masses back then and has continued to maintain that line ever since? I mean we know the US govt. has lied countless times and lots of Americans believed them and still do. Now we know that some Armenians rebelled and aligned themselves with the Russians during this time-period. You don't think it's possible that Turkish forces at the time may have decided that it would be okay to kill the Armenians in revenge? It wouldn't be the first a people were targeted for the acts of the few. The Israelis blame the Palestinians for the acts of the few all the time. The US govt. blamed Cochise for what other Apache did and killed his relatives. I think you need to keep an open mind and entertain the possibility that your government has lied to you in order to cover its own acts. It doesn't make the Turkish people as a whole responsible. Nor does it make Turks 'evil' or bad people, but simply dismissing the possibility sounds like nationalism to me. There are no perfect countries in the world. Anyone pretending that their countries have never done anything that was violent or highly questionable is really kidding themselves. Tombseye 07:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, hey ... Take it easy ! The Claims of Genocide is another conflict that has no link with this talk. Please talk it another time. But Tombseye, numbers of historians claim that there is no Genocide, not Turkish government.

Secondly, Barbaros Hayrettin is a different than you think. His real name was ' Hızır '. He captured by ' Temple Knights ' and taken to Malta. Somehow he achieved to escape from Malta and decided to be a pirate as his big brother, ' Oruç Reis'. His another brothers name was ' Ishak Bey '. Barborassa was a given name for only ' Hızır Reis '. Besides, he changed his name as ' Hayrettin. '. At his time, he was a bloody pirate, he never forgive any ship in Mediterranean Sea. Turkish Pirates. He was a Turk.

Thirdly, in Ottaman Empire, the language wasn't Turkish. The language was a meltin pot which contains Persian, Arrabic and Turkish. All states was used to speak Ottaman Languages. This point makes your opinion about who speaks Turkish is accepted as a Turk. Turkish was found by Turkic History] after Mustafa Kemal's order. Now, it has a Latin alphabet. I am sure of that you will still claim that Mustafa Kemal wasn't a Turk, he just spoke Turkish. Please read sometimes. However, in some part I totally agree with you. The main idea of Ottaman Empire didn't serve for Turks, it served to Islam. Thats why, it was multinational.

If we can come back to our conflict which is about your persisting for Orhan Pamuk and Turkish DNA map, I followed the link which has a reseacrh about DNA works of an Italian University. In this work, the secientist never compares Armenian DNA and Anatolian Turks's DNA. Additionally, at the page of result, he/she draw his/her conclusion as The work satisfactorily proves that Anatolian Turks immigrated from Central Asia He/she doesn't say that They are convert of Armenian or Kurds. So, PLEASE CHANGE IT WITH FACTS...

In my opinion, both of you (Tombseye and Kho.. whatever) are working on Turkish History to present it as Mogoloid Islamis Terrorist, please look history of the article. I don't accuse you as you made it. But I hate the statement. That's why, I have written it.

Tombseye has many conflict not only in this article, but also with all articles which relate with Turkish History. You are changing the facts according to your facts. YOU ARE ALWAYS PERSISTING FOR YOUR FACTS. I will never allow you to change my thousand years old history.

Tombseye mentioned about a conference. I attanded a conference about Islam, in Portugal. They were discussing ' The Challange of Islam '. In this conference, there wasn't a single Muslim. They wrote a script and played it by themselves. I just watched them with a smile on my face.

No genocide? So all those thousands of people who disappeared and were reported killed went where? You're just being a nationalist and I doubt you can criticize your govt. over anything let alone it's desire to ignore history.

You're not talking about the Barbarosa brothers early life and just moving right into their adult years. Come on.

I'm not sure what your point is regarding language usage. Nor have I contested Ataturk being a Turk and yet you keep bringing it up. Look, the people in the Ottoman Empire still included Turks, Serbs, Arabs, Albanians etc. These people had nationalities as they do today. Simply lumping them all together for the purposes of claiming prominent historical figures is absurd. Is this what they're teaching you in history? That everyone who lived in the Ottoman Empire and was a Muslim was a Turk? Sure looks that way.

Lol, you didn't understand the study then. It denotes that the Turks are genetically between, to varying degrees European populations and Central Asian Turks (similar results were found with the Azeris). It doesn't say that they are largely or even entirely of Central Asian origin. When they say Europeans who do you think they mean exactly? There are other studies as well that do compare Mediterranean populations in general: http://phoenicia.org/genetics.html. The clustering seems to indicate that the Turks are indigenous to the area moreso than to Central Asia. Who do you think lived in Anatolia exactly when the Turkic tribes arrived? And I wrote the general position at the beginning as to whether or not Turks genetically cluster with Greeks and Armenians, their immediate neighbors, but did not claim that they clustered with Armenians exclusively. There is nothing wrong with how its written. Other studies also show some Turkish-Armenian relationships such as common genetic diseases as well: http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/39/1/67

And we all know that many Armenians converted to Islam so I'm not really sure where I was wrong here. The genetic testing done in the Caucasus showed a relationship between the Azeris and Armenians as well. You really think there was no interaction in-spite of being neighbors? I'm not saying Turks are entirely or even mostly Armenian. But there is a relationship. Inevitably every country has ties to all of its neighbors.

You must have read a different article. We wrote a neutral assessment of the Turks and their varied origins. We didn't write anything negative that I can discern and your complaints are so vague and bizarre that frankly I have no idea what your problem is other than wanting to promote a Turkish nationalist view of everything. Yeah, big surprise I edit a lot of articles and a lot of people think like you do. They want their groups to be depicted in the most positive light possible. Nationalists want their population statistics to be higher. They want to claim everyone possible as one of their own. They want to promote some idea of a contiguous history that stretches as far back as possible and they want to blame everyone else around them for any problems. None of that is done in this article. The Turkic tribes arrived to a region that was largely Greek, Armenian and Kurdish. In fact, there isn't even a promotion of forced conversion as evidence indicates that most people were voluntary converts for a variety of reasons, especially due to sufi involvement.

Your last tirade doesn't make any sense. I'm asking for evidence and you keep clinging to 'your' thousand year old history. It's not yours to claim. You live in the present and I've been never been a big fan of ancestor worship frankly. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia and that's all we can deal with here are facts. Neither Khoikhoi nor I have called anyone Islamic terrorists either. Tombseye 17:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1)Let's continue armenian issue in my talk page.It's place is not here...

2)Degenrate our historical characters are division plans of EU and USA about Turkey...

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

Let's cool down, eh?

Well, frankly I think that a good starting point towards resolution here is to try not to assume conspiratorial ill will. I started this article because I had noticed that the understanding of who is a "Turk" had some residual meanings inherited from the legal codes of the old Ottoman Millet system. Those laws gave limited internal autonomy to confessional groups, irrespective of ethnicity or geographic distribution. And so, as a consequence what is commonly understood by "ethnic group" in a modern scientific ethnological sense differs quite a bit from the view inherent in the constitution of the nascent Republic of Turkey, resulting in the acknowledgement of only three or four non-Muslim groups within the Turkish society. There were "Turks" in the west who might informally be labelled "Balkan Turks" and "Aegean Turks" whose family origins where in Romani, Bulgarian, Western Armenian, Bosnian, Greek, Spanyol, Albanian or Italian-speaking circles and who probably spoke Turkish (or its predecessor) only as a second language. In the east, there were the "Mountain Turks" whose families spoke Laz, Eastern Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Kurmanji or Levantine Arabic. My point and opinion is that language shift and religious conversion were important factors in the shaping of the modern Turkish identity, and also that ethnic identity is based on group inclusion as well as mainstream exclusion. Cheers & semi seviyorum! =] //Big Adamsky 20:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody denied it.However,Turkey's public administration and administrative law is same with French; a citizenship policy with ideally no ethnic consideration.We were so toleranced to everybody in all history.However,there is no nation in the world who is pure.Besides,if you would like to make a ethnic division in Turkey,let's start from USA at first.So Washington was not American,Lincoln was not American,Bush is not american...right?

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

But this article is explicitly not about citizenship. For the dynamics of the concept of ethnicity in the United States, see ethnic origin, one drop rule and melting pot. See also Talk:Georgian people, Talk:Azerbaijani people or Talk:Tajiks for related discussions. :~] //Big Adamsky 21:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop reverting the page to one that throws in non-Turks. You're misleading people and excluding someone you personally don't like for being critical of the status-quo. American is not an ethnicity. And you're not even trying to read what Adamsky is talking about. You don't become a Turk just by walking into Anatolia. That's ridiculous. If there are no ethnic considerations, then I guess there are no Turks at all then. You can't have it both ways. This article reflects what encyclopedias denote and what most academics agree upon and common usage. Including Roxelana (who was CAPTURED by Crimean Tatars and sold as a slave), the Barbarosa brothers, and Rumi as an ethnic Turks is just plain inaccurate because it assumes, as Adamsky explained, that they were ethnic Turks because they were Ottoman citizens rather than explaining their background. Tombseye 21:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What can i say if you are man of armenian and greek lobby?

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

Inanna, please assume good faith or else take a vacation from this page. Come back when you have cooled down and feel ready to contribute constructively so we can work toward a consensus, inch by inch. //Big Adamsky 22:03, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am so cooled down honey.You should say that to tombseye and kokikoki.They become as furious as a bull which saw red when they heard the "Turk" word...

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

Why do all you love Othan Pamuk so much? Answer is too easy.Because he is making Anti-Turkish propaganda so that hold a noble prize. The target is encourage more people to be like him.Right?

-Inanna- the Goddess of Uruk city,lady of heaven...

What a Mess! Perfect candidate for a Speedy deletion

I have three quotes here from the article, which is choke full similar nonsensical stuff.

“While perhaps less than one-third of those who self-identify as ethnic Turks in Turkey today are predominantly of Altaic origin”

“Ultimately, it is absurd to speak of any ‘Turkish race’ in the tangled ethnic web of Anatolia.”

“As a matter of fact, most present-day Turks are the offspring of all sorts of populations whose original languages have sometimes been extinct several centuries ago.”

What is being Altaic origin? Do you mean ancestors of the rest did not speak an Altaic language? Since this seems to be the main message of the article I assume this is what is meant with this sentence. The crux of the matter is that if the author(s) think(s) that these people were not “Turkish people” then they certainly do not belong to this article, the article is about “Turkish people” remember? Start an article called “Asia Minor” and write all you know about it (Just out of curiosity why were Pelasgians excluded from this article?)

So what “race” makes the ultimate sense in a phrase like “X race”? Aryan Race? Any choice would sound equally absurd to me. There seems to be hidden message along the lines that people of Turkey is not a homogeneous society unlike that of Japan or something. Even if this was the fact, this does not seem to be big deal since only a few nations are homogeneous societies and it is considered an anomaly to be so (an island nation etc.)

“Turks are the offspring of all sorts of populations” as opposed to what? Being a thoroughbred like a racehorse?

There are articles about Turkey and Turkic peoples there seems to be no need for this article and IMHO there seems to be no salvageable info in this one. I make a move for speedy deletion of this article. AverageTurkishJoe

The Turks of Turkey are being defined the best way possible. I'm not in favor of a speedy or long deletion. Nor are we making a stance on race so much as background. The Altaic peoples originated in the steppes of eastern Eurasia near Mongolia. The modern Turks of Turkey do not bear any genetic relationship to them, thus showing us an example of language transference. Japan's not a homogenous country either. that's not the point of this article. It's to discuss the Turkish speaking population of Turkey and dispel some incorrect rumors about them and clarify their origins and history. If you want to remove this article, better do that for all the ethnic group articles too because we can make the same argument for all of them. Tombseye 04:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see this article is largely copied and pasted from Demographics of Turkey which has the same hodge-podge style. The article starts with a premise of answering the question of what is "Turkish ethnicity" and "and how much of a relationship "Turks of Turkey" have with other Turkic peoples". And the article ends with the conclusion that "very little". Gold standard of Turkish Ethnicity is assumed to be the Central Asian Turkic groups and the adopted method of measuring the relatedness is the DNA analysis. If this "debate" is taken away from this article, the rest could easily merge with the Demographics of Turkey (Since it is mostly copy paste from that article, large portions will be deleted during this merge.) In the referenced article 'DNA Diversity and Population Admixture in Anatolia', Giulietta Di Benedetto et. al. find 30% gene flow (in both males and females) from Central Asia. In that article this is given as "a substantial" gene flow as opposed to "elite domination" (therefore language replacement by elite domination). In this article this translates to "perhaps less than one-third of those who self-identify as ethnic Turks in Turkey today". I wonder if the observation of 30% being less than 1/3 is the origin of the phrase "perhaps less than one-third" in the article. Isn't this a blatant POV? While Giulietta Di Benedetto et. al. are speculating about a continuous gene flow of 1% for 40 generations to find a solution in their article to the question why this gene flow is very high and howcome people of Turkey started speaking Turkish so fast an so completely and why there is no genetic boundary between the Turks and the Europeans (as opposed to the one they found between the Turks and the Arabs), in this article it is given as a historical fact with no corroboration with the historical records. The other DNA related article in the reference section is about the relatedness of population of Modern turkey to other populations in terms of mitochondrial dna (tracing the female ancestry) and it finds that the British are much closer to Turks than Greeks, a result which is conveniently ignored in this article. I suspect it is because It would sound very weird to say "Turks are an amalgam of the British, Greeks, etc".

It is not about "defining the Turks of Turkey in the best way possible way" it is about *not* making stuff up. AverageTurkishJoe 08:00, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, part of it was taken off of Demographics of Turkey, but not largely as this new version expands upon some issues brought up considerably and adds population figures. If that's a problem I can edit it further, but you're the first to complain about it. Your questions regarding genetic testing entail Central Asian Turkic geneflow stemming from the Y-chromosome as mostly males came from that region, while the vast majority of females were not of Central Asian origin and thus the similarity with British and other European populations who may simply be more native to Europe than previously believed. In fact, British similarity with other populations stems from the Y-chromosome that links them to Germans and Scandanavians. There are no surprises here and the estimates are just that estimates. No one is saying this is concrete and unalterable. As for the historical record, there were no censuses taken in the 11th century. Look, Turkey may have received upwards of 30% geneflow from Central Asia, but this just means that people have SOME Central Asian ancestry within this grouping at varying degrees. That's how you read the data. If how I wrote it is not clear, then say so. Also, if some of the information is repetitive or could be better explained or appears contradictory, then that too can be worked on. I fail to see how deletion will solve anything. What's more genetic testing as used to explain historical events is becoming quite common. For example, the majority of Uzbeks show a relationship with Genghis Khan and the Mongols whereas the Azeris don't. Also, Rumi and other sufis are known to have proselytized amongst the Greeks and Armenians in Anatolia and converted many. Population replacement requires wholesale slaughter such as that which took place in Central Asia where there was population replacement. There is no historical evidence that the people of the Caucasus (in Azerbaijan) or in Anatolia who were around before the Turkic tribes arrived were killed. This would mean that they survived and were probably the majority as they were slowly assimilated. Genetic testing isn't an exact science, but most of the tests show that the Turks cluster with other Mediterranean peoples moreso than with Central Asian Turks, although of these groups, the Turkmen are the closest. At any rate, I believe this article can changed through constructive criticism and have no problem with changes that could be made as a result. Tombseye 23:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion notice removed

I added a speedy deletion notice to this article ( { Db-nonsense } ) it was removed by User:Longhair. I am not going to add another one lest I might anger the administrators. So If you guys agree with me that this article needs to be deleted give a holler on this page. AverageTurkishJoe

Tombseye, you can't use the research as a clear proof to say that Anatolian Turks were convert. As you said they just compared all kind of DNA's and eventually they found that they aren't convert. Besides, my answer for your missing thousands is WAR. I totally agree with one who said that there is no pure blood nation. But, people should have respect for them, I don't understand your attitude towards Turkish history. Wikipedia is not a place for you to practice your HEGEMONY. Perhaps you know something about Turkish history. However your attitude damage Turkish History. As a historian, I can absolutely say that you are just a fanatic student. You should make a deep research on Turkish history. There were no Barbarossa brother. It was given to only one person whose name was Hızır Reis. In your point of view, all Ottamans were coverts. It is an absolute lie.

There is a biography of Barbarossa Hayreddin written by Seyyid Muradi. The name of book is Gazavât-ı Hayreddin Paşa. The book was written by the order of Barbaross Hayraddin himself. Because, he thought that there would be many questions about his life. Most of the historian accept this book as an authority of his life, BUT YOU AND YOUR UNIVERSTIES.

The other boy, only think that this discussion is only a competition. Well, I haven't seen any single word from him/her at this talk. He/she just try to change the article. Please a little bit respect. I want to see an administrator who can stop him.

--hybrid lily 10:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because you're full of shit. --Khoikhoi 20:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Look, first of all, calling me a fanatic student is really doesn't help your argument. If you want to debate as an adult, start typing like one. Second, I'm not practicing any hegemony at all. I'm open to suggestions and changes as long as you explain them. My attitude towards Turkish history is the same as with all the others. Just the facts please and a preponderance of evidence. So you're contending that the Greeks and Armenians were killed by invading hordes from Central Asia then? Aside from cultural differences, and I've visited Turkey, why Central Asian Turks look so different from Anatolian Turks in general? Population replacement usually requires the type of massacres that took place under Genghis Khan or hell Stalin (although no one replaced the dead Soviets). What your suggesting though is a possibility, but one that is contrary to most historians, including Turkish historians, who believe that most Turks were culturally assimilated by invading Turkic tribes who, by the time they reached Anatolia, were quite varied themselves. I'm only relating what encyclopedias (Brittanica, Americana) relate about the Barbarosa brothers. Sorry if I don't your word for it that there were no brothers. He's reported to have been of Greek descent, although there is speculation that his father had converted to Islam (from his original Greek Orthodox religion). At any rate, the administrators aren't going to just stop someone. They require reason and a valid argument. So far you're not offering any compromises either. Tombseye 23:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was only Armenians above, you added Greeks. What's next ? Kurds. Please stop!

If we are talking about Anatolian Turks, we should consider Oghuz Turks as their grandfathers. The first immigration of Oghuz was led by Alparslan, after Battle of Malazgirit. It has passed thousand of years after the battle. Oghuz adopted themselves to Anatolia. The reason of the differences between appearance of Central Asians and Anatolians is probably as above. You can't say that there is a keen differences, so it proves my suggestion that they were all convert of Armenians.

Secondly, I must tell you that Anatolians Turks also seems like Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian people. So you should add those nations to your list. :)

For Barbarossa, if he had a biography, I don't care what Brittanica says. Please take a close look to his biography. He doesn't describe himself as a convert of Greek Orthadox. As you said they are all speculations.

Khoi.. 's attittude toward this talk can be a good reason for an administrator to stop him. He has no idea what we are talking about.

--hybrid lily 08:23, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I actually do, but I see know reason why you think it's right to bring your Pan-Turkish ideas to a neutral encyclopedia. Please read over WP:NPOV about 3 times and come back here. --Khoikhoi 08:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The reference with Greeks and Armenians and Kurds is about the Byzantine period and then the transitional period as the Ottoman state expanded in Anatolia. During this period, untold thousands if not millions of native Anatolians were converted to Islam and adopted Turkish as their language. By our modern period these people are 'Turks' of Turkey. That's what this reference is about. It is NOT about the modern issues dealing with Turks and Greeks, Armenians, and Kurds. I agree that the Oghuz are important to consider here as their language is the main influence upon modern Turkish, while saying Turkic refers to minor Turkic tribes usually. I'm not saying the Turks of Turkey are only of Armenian extraction, but that's one part though. Genetically and physically the Turks of Turkey are more like Mediterrean peoples rather than the Central Asian Turks who show clear Mongol traces. It's not my opinion, but that of most academics. I'm not doing original research here, but relating what's been written. I do contend that most Turks of Turkey are derived from cultural assimilation of previously Byzantine Greeks, Armenians, Kurds, and others. The Greek-speakers of Anatolia, in turn had pre-Greek ancestry derived from Hittites, Galatians etc. who mixed with Greek Ionian settlers along the western coast of Turkey. This is all found in the historical record and is supported by the genetic evidence too. I don't think I'm making any huge leaps of logic here. When Turks are defined as Mediterranean it includes their similarity with Italians and Spaniards and other groups of the region. The references to Barbarosa rely upon autobiographical info. as well and this since this is not a place for original research I am merely writing what is found in encyclopedias. If I'm wrong, I'll freely admit it. The Barbarosa brothers' father is related as a Greek from the island of Lesbos where the brothers were born. Not my words, but that of encyclopedias. Khoikhoi's frustrated because it seems that some of you guys are viewing this page as a nationalistic front. We have NOT written anything negative about the Turkish people. Read the article. It talks about common human experiences as people change in various ways through history and actually explains how interesting the diversity of modern Turks is. Orhan's inclusion is not based upon his views on Armenians, but regarding his worldwide fame from his award winning work. Tombseye 18:58, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing wrongs by talking is not Pan.... Perhaps we have some conflicts, but I have respect for Tombseye. However, you are acting as a stupid kid. If you have idea what we are talking, why didn't you write your opinion ?

Well, good because I have no respect for you, and based on how you act, makes me want to hate all Turks in general. --Khoikhoi 15:27, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You already do,dont you?

Hi I would like the anti-Turkish bias removed from this article

It might help with the Demographics 'war' if dissenters gave their sources

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Turks in Bulgaria

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Sorting issue on balkan and anatolian Turks over immigrant turks

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Let's cool down, eh?

What a Mess! Perfect candidate for a Speedy deletion

Speedy deletion notice removed

How about some research

Who are Turks ?

Anti-Turkish Prejudice

Inanna wrote:

Hi I would like the anti-Turkish bias removed from this article

Khoikhoi the so called neutral

stop redicting the page

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Yuruk in Asia Minor before Seljuks

Turkification Followed a Depopulation of Asia Minor

Edit the article, not the picture!

Im adding "-ian" to my last name

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Unprotection?

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What a dumb article

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