denizaksulu wrote:Ericdayi, if you practiced what you preach, seriously and logically, your conclusion might surprise even yourself. Can you explain all the fair haired , blue eyed TCs ?
I myself had blond hair in my youth Deniz while the rest of my family had either brown or black hair, so what?
Are there no blue eyed, fair haired Turks in Turkey?
Are all Americans "white Europeans"?
Are all English people pure English?
Are all Germans blond and have blue eyes?
I am surprised Deniz, I am surprised that such an educated person like yourself can even ask such a question.
Or the non-Turkish speaking Turks of a generation ago .
Who are you exactly talking about Deniz?
Do they bear any similarity to mainland Turks? Please enlighten us. These are questios which I keep asking myself.
Do all mainland Turks have black hair and black eyes?
If any mainland Turk has fair hair and blue eyes are you going to deny them their Turkishness?
Answer these questions Deniz and you have your answer to your own questions.
Something else Deniz, what exactly does Turkish mean?
While you are at it maybe you wouldn't mind telling me what American and British means.
BTW, like yourself, I have never denied being a "Cypriot", the only thing I deny is being just a "Cypriot". I always say that I am a Turkish Cypriot and will not allow the GCs to take away the Turkish from my title because I am, like the others here, proud of my Turkish roots.
And because I have Turkish roots I see no difference between the mainland Turks and myself.
Please don't come back and tell me that those who have fair hair and blue eyes are not "real Turks" and that they must be the result of mix marriages or something like that, so what...., just think of what your answers were to what American and British means above.
I stand by what I said,
those who leave are Turks and those who come are Turks.