It's just the word "Turk" can be pulled towards many directions and it causes confusion. Is "Turk" a citizen of Turkey, or a descendant of historical Turkic tribes, such as Oghuz,Kipchak,Uyghur etc.. Many Turks don't know who they are descendant from, my grandfather can name up to 5-6 of his ancestors, some have names that are Arabic-descendant like "Abdurrahman". Though most of us have colored eyes and fair hair in the family and we are from Black Sea region. "Kemalist Nationalism" suggests that anyone who is a citizen of Turkey, is a Turk. That means Assyrians, Circassians, Kurds, Laz people, all identifies as a "Turk" -which they don't because of generations of neo-ottomanist discrimination cus we are too stupid to breathe- . Though I came to the point where I don't care at all because I've reached the peak of self-haterness, cba about muh glorious world power nation while everyone laughs at us with their arses. Hope I made my point though.
I am expecting Panos at pilgrimage in İstanbul this Christmas. He will just fit in.