Yabgu
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I do not have to be a Persian to talk about Persian history, and I also do not have to become a secret Turk to talk about the history of Turks.
I only said that ethnic Turkic blood from central Asia in today's Turkey is less than 15%. The remaining 85% belong to the local Greeks and Jews who took Islam as their religion under the strong and energetic leadership of the Seljuk/Ottoman Turks who happened to have migrated from Persia. Now, of course, they are mixed completely.
Moreover, during the course of many centuries of war, Empire building and annexation of east European lands, many Turks also married women from these areas. So, the ethnicity kept on changing, but they remained Turks.
The Seljuks were in the military service of Persia. To avoid persecution they left Persia and won over east Anatolia in 1066. This is the starting point of Turkish history in the modern day Turkey. Before that they were in Persia, and before this they were in Central Asia.
Central Asian Turkic people and the Turks of Turkey have become separated ethnically, but they have the same/similar Turkey language which has bonded these groups.
Hahahaha what is this guy saying? Does he realise he's talking total rubbish