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Do Turkish people look at Hungarians as brothers?
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This is what I know from my Turkish neighbors.
The Hungarians were the sons of the Huns and Magyars the Mongolian tribes who lived in the frontier of Asia and Europe. Attila the Hun, the first Hungarian was a Mongolian , whereas the ancient Turks lived in Central Asia and Mongolia and they were converted to Islam by the Arabs, but their roots are also Mongolian.
Turkish and Mongolian languages belong to the same family...
Yes there are similarities between Turkish and Hungarian. This site gives examples
http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/macarca.turkce.html
The Hungarians were the sons of the Huns and Magyars the Mongolian tribes who lived in the frontier of Asia and Europe. Attila the Hun, the first Hungarian was a Mongolian , whereas the ancient Turks lived in Central Asia and Mongolia and they were converted to Islam by the Arabs, but their roots are also Mongolian.
Turkish and Mongolian languages belong to the same family...
Yes there are similarities between Turkish and Hungarian. This site gives examples
http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/macarca.turkce.html
Hungarians may have greater chances to be "brothers" than, let's say, French people. But to what extent?
What Jura said is mainly true, about blood, history, and language...But still I am not sure about her conclusion. Because religion is a very important criterion for Turkish people. For example, I am almost sure that they will prefer Bosnian people or Palestinian people over Hungarians, as "brothers". Maybe you are aware of the conflict between Turkish people and Kurdish people. They have more commonalities than Hungarian people but an important part of the nation does not consider them as "brothers". Instead, they consider them as "enemies".
What I have written is a generalization. Of course there are many educated Turks, who consider not only the Hungarians but also every nation to be their brothers...as the way it should be.
What Jura said is mainly true, about blood, history, and language...But still I am not sure about her conclusion. Because religion is a very important criterion for Turkish people. For example, I am almost sure that they will prefer Bosnian people or Palestinian people over Hungarians, as "brothers". Maybe you are aware of the conflict between Turkish people and Kurdish people. They have more commonalities than Hungarian people but an important part of the nation does not consider them as "brothers". Instead, they consider them as "enemies".
What I have written is a generalization. Of course there are many educated Turks, who consider not only the Hungarians but also every nation to be their brothers...as the way it should be.
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