Translation of possibly another translation - so as a warning, don't forget that mistakes are also a part of the life - do not hesitate to search for the real truth if you think what given below is not.
Italians, who consider the Turks as barbarians, are in shock. Lately, it has been proven that the Italians' DNA matches the Turks' DNA with 97%. Now, it is also claimed that the alphabet of the Etrusks, who are considered to be the ancestors of the Italians, is of Turkish origin.
The first thing that comes to the mind of anyone, who is familiar with both the Italians and the Turks, is how the Turks and Italians are close to each other both physically and characteristically. It is interesting that the people of both of these Mediterrenanen countries are like friends even if they haven't met each other. In the recent years, Italian science community has started discussions to find the origins of their ancestors, or whether they are Turks or not...
What lies in the middle of those discussions is the clan/tribe of Etrusks, who are considered as part of Pre-Turks. Etrusks had established the oldest culture in Italy. It is known that the Etrusks have come from the Austrian Alpines to Siena, Napoli, and Rome in 1000 BC. After they established a glorious civilization, they had been erased from the history scene in 300 BC. The region from Florence to Napoli has been known as Etruria. Also, the people who are living in this region call themselves as Etrusk. Since the Etrusks have been considered as a mysterious tribe, there have been neverending discussions regarding their origins.
The first written document belonging to the Etrusks was found in 1780. But, what ethnicality the Etrusks have represented had been an unknown despite the archeological findings. Because, no Western researcher has been able to decipher the Etrusk writings, which were written with characters highly similar to those in Latin alphabet. Researchers from the Toscana University, who are known to do detailed researches on Etrusks, investigated the DNA of Etrusks by taking samples from the skeletons found in Etruskian graves. They have compared the samples to many races around the world. And, interestingly (but naturally), the samples had shown 97% match to the DNAs of the Turks. Italians, who have called the Turks as barbarians for centuries, who have created the slogan "Alas (or oh mama), the Turks are coming!", have been shocked by these findings. This topic has started big discussions in the Italian science community.
Now, we give the microphone to ethnologist and art-historian Haluk Tarcan, who has also claimed that the Italians come from the Turks using ethnological and archeological findings as proofs.
2nd part is coming soon...
July 9, 2006
Interesting Genetical/Philological Research - Are the Italians come from the Turks?
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