Yes, it seems based on this Greeks and Turks are not the exact same as the meme showed lol. But the point is that Greeks stretched out into sand nigger land in ancient times including Asia Minor. From North Greek, South Greek, to Turkey there is a slow transition so there is much overlap.
Yeah many Turks & Levantines have Greek in them due to Greek colonization.
As for Southern Europeans being closer to Northern Europeans, it’s true that Turkey has small other portions of other populations in it that are not in Southern or Northern Europe. The biggest difference being the Northeastern group, which is probably from the Turkic mongols themselves (although north greece has a little it seems), rather than a distinct sand nigger genetic cluster.
This is telling.
Turks are a diverse bunch, some have overlaps with Europeans, and some are more distinct it seems.
Greeks are somewhat similar, but are more European(closer to Balkans) according to this PCA: From what I understand, mainland Greeks are the ones closest to other Europeans, whereas island Greeks stretch out & form an "intermediary" with MENA.
Western Anatolians probably are the ones who cluster more with Europe here.
But if we compare it to places like Britain or Germany, it becomes more evident the Greeks have many mixtures similar to the Turks as compared to the Northern Europeans then.
Greeks do have an overlap with some MENA genes, but as I said ANF+Steppe in high amounts is what mainly determines European for me.
Though Greeks are by far the darkest in Europe & ofc, due to history & geography serve as somewhat of a "bridge" with the rest of West Eurasia.
As stated above also, Turks seem to be a very diverse bunch, and the ones closest to Greeks genetically likely were the ones in the West who were first to become Turkish culturally & Islamic.
The part that surprised me the most is the the Greeks have no WHG surprisingly (at least according to this chart).
They are very rich in ANF though, and also have a decent amount of Steppe as well. According to that chart, they are essentially the most mixed Europeans, but still seem to have more in common given ANF/EEF & Steppe in high amounts are very defining factors for Europeans.
Sardinians who are mostly ANF also have a good amount of WHG, around 15%
The Levant & Turkey don't have any either, neither does the Caucus: Though it does seem that all other Europeans have it within them.
Those other places(Levant, Turkey, and Caucuses)all have lower ANF/EEF compared to South France, Iberia, etc.
Idk what to get from this. It’s just comparing European groups.
It shows that all Europeans: Med, Nordic, and Slavic have similar genetic origins & are similar on a genetic level.
Some do have some overlaps with other groups, but are still majority European(ANF, WHG or EHG, and Steppe).
View: https://imgur.com/buAH86V
I think the Armenians are around 70% CHG, which are half of the mixture in the yamnaya.
The rest of them likely is Natufian & some IN; possibly some small amounts of Steppe & EEF/ANF
Yes, many modern sands have the Nutafarian and some other Ganj thing I never heard of before (unless you know what that is). No modern population exists that hasn’t mixed from some ancient population in most of the world. But the point is that it slowly happens as a transition geographically and there is no sudden distinct breaks that occur in these populations. Which is why I always saw race as a spectrum coinciding with geographic distance rather than some blocky rigid category. To me it seems a little bit ridiculous to group Turks together with someone from Oman and Greeks with Britain, when it’s obvious that Turks are much closer to the Greeks because they are geographically closer. At least that’s how I see it.
Race is a lot more than just "skin tone" imo, it has a lot to do with genotype & facial morphology as well.
According to the data, Turks have a substantial amount of DNA not found in Europe or at much higher amounts.
