Origin(s) of the Turk Name(s)

Posted by Hamza Turk at GenForum February 5, 2002:

It is easy to figure out where Turk originated from. After the Ottomans took over the Arabian Empire they spread around Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa like wild fire. When the Catholic Church convinced Christian Europe that the Turks were infidels, because they were Muslims, the crusades started one after another. The Christian crusaders were no match for the Turks because at that time Turks were much more the warrior types. Then around the time of Columbus the Turkish/Muslim Spain was defeated and Granada fell to Christian hands. To this day, you can find remnants of Islam in Spain.

The Spanish king and queen ordered anyone that was Muslim to be exterminated. A lot of them died, but a few converted to Christianity to save their lives. It is not by accident that within a century the name Turk showed up in England and Ireland by slowly migrating north. For the ones from Slovania it is the same story. Turks came all the way to the gates of Austria. That is why they have such good tea. Austria was part of the Hungarian empire which if you trace Hungarian Eneology they have a common ancestor the Huns. My family was from Bosnia and we are Turkish. My grand people were generals in the Ottoman army. After Bosnia fell to Hungary, my people decided not to convert t ? but instead moved to Macedonia which still has many Turks living there today. I hope this will help some. If you have any questions feel free to email me at oktaydfw@yahoo.com

P.S. You should be very proud of your name. Turks are one of the best peoples that have ever walked the earth.