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They share food, words, customs and attitudes. That's the common heritage. Joining Ottoman empire is just a non sequitur.

• disown 6y ago
  No. It's just pointing out the obvious. When you say greek heritage, I assume ancient greece, I don't assume ottoman empire. When you say turkish heritage, I think central asian steppes and ottoman empire. Last I checked, the ottoman empire was a turkish empire, not a greek one. Perhaps it's just the language difference. For example, nobody here would say the native americans and non-native americans have the same heritage. We've been living with natives for hundreds of years, but certainly american heritage stems from britain while native american heritage doesn't. You'd be mocked ( a la Elizabeth Warren ) or canceled if you claimed american native heritage when you are not native american. Seems like a lot of people are upset for no reason. But when politics and identity are involved, that's just what happens.