Is Turkey seen as an arabic country in the west? (cons, population)

[WestPreussen]

Originally Posted by euro123

lol he looks as northern as north Italian or even German, look closely at the blue eyes. Hell he looks more white than what I see in eastern europe, if you think Egyptians look that white it may explain some sort of American politics.

Yeah, he definitely does not look like typical egyptian. He would stand out in the crowd there for sure.

[euro123]

Originally Posted by WestPreussen

Yeah, he definitely does not look like typical egyptian. He would stand out in the crowd there for sure.

Maybe even Lebanon too...I can vouch for Israel as I've been there and have seen Israelis abroad too, they have some 10% russian-jews who will look that northern.

[Milky Way Resident]

Originally Posted by euro123

lol he looks as northern as north Italian or even German, look closely at the blue eyes. Hell he looks more white than what I see in eastern europe, if you think Egyptians look that white it may explain some sort of American politics.

I never said that he couldn't pass of for an Italian. He asked if he looked Arab and I responded in kind. And yes, there are Egyptians who are very white.

[backpaker]

Originally Posted by The Grandeur

Do I look like an arab?

You could look like an arab, I have been to arabic countries were many people look like you.

You could also look European like Greek, Italian, Spaniard, Portuguese, even French.

You could easily be levantine like Lebanese, Turkish, Syrian...

you look like a typical Mediterranean guy.

[cebuan]

Originally Posted by backpaker

sort of how Americans know that Mexicans are not the same thing as Native Americans, You don't need to be snobbier or knowledgeable, this is just common sense you get as you live And see people.

Really? An overwhelming majority of Mexicans are mostly Native American, with little or no European ancestry.

And don't be misled by Alphabets. The Kyrgyz anf Kazakh languages of central Asia, members of the Turkic group, have officially switched through three alphabets in the past century -- Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic. Kazakhstan has a target of 2025 to go back to Latin.

[WestPreussen]

Originally Posted by cebuan

Really? An overwhelming majority of Mexicans are mostly Native American, with little or no European ancestry.

And don't be misled by Alphabets. The Kyrgyz anf Kazakh languages of central Asia, members of the Turkic group, have officially switched through three alphabets in the past century -- Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic. Kazakhstan has a target of 2025 to go back to Latin.

With little or no european ancestry? Most mexicans that speak spanish language as a native language seem definitely to be mixed about 50/50 with slight european advantage I would say. There are also definitely a lot of people that could be classified as castizos there.

[backpaker]

From my experience you can classify Latin America as follows

Predominantly native and indigenous:
Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru.
That is where you find Mayans, Aztek, incan people with Asian features Reminiscent of the people who came from Asia during the Ice age.

Predominantly mixed, With many whites, blacks, indigenous living As a society:
Cuba, panama, Colombia Brazil, Venezuela.

More towards European:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by The Grandeur

Do I look like an arab?

Possibly Lebanese or Syrian. Though not from the Arabian Peninsula.

[The Grandeur]

Originally Posted by Turnerbro

Possibly Lebanese or Syrian. Though not from the Arabian Peninsula.

Syrians are too dark.

We have many in Turkey and once you see one, it is quite obvious in just one second that he is from syria. In just one second!

I haven't seen one single syrian in Turkey.

[The Grandeur]

I meant that I havent seen one single syrian, that is white in Turkey.