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To: CondoleezzaProtege

When Turkish soldiers got to Korea to fight in the Korean war as part of the UN contingent, they and the Koreans could speak, if haltingly.


4 posted on 06/26/2018 9:22:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Turks, Koreans, Finns, and some Baltics have linguistic similarities and if you look at Finns and Baltics, like my wife’s uncle’s wife and in laws, the physical similarities are evident.


11 posted on 06/26/2018 9:31:12 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, the Turks did originate around Mongolia and the steppes, just west of Korea, many centuries ago.


28 posted on 06/26/2018 11:22:37 AM PDT by Boogieman
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