I have ancestry from Turkey from the 1700s, wat wold it be?

Question

They wouldn't be called turkish, what wold they be called?

Answer 1

They were called by whatever ethnic group they belonged to. They could have been Kurds, Turks, Bosnians, Greeks, Cypriots, Assyrians, Syrians, Saudis, etc. There were too many ethnic groups living in the former Ottoman Empire to give them one umbrella name.

Answer 2

You still would be Turkish, because if you said anything else most people would have no idea what you are talking about. However, you can pick an era below if you prefer.

Timeline of Turkish history

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For the Timeline of Turkish history, summarizing the History of the Turkish people, the people who presently live in, or are from, Turkey, see:

    * Sultanate of Rûm (1000–1300): Timeline of the Sultanate of Rûm

    * Anatolian Turkish Beyliks: Timeline of the Turkish Beyliks

    * Ottoman Empire (1299–1922): Timeline of the Ottoman Empire

    * Turkish War of Independence (1919-1922): Chronology of the Turkish War of Independence

    * Republic of Turkey (1923– ): Timeline of the Republic of Turkey