Seems unlikely that the whole population was replaced. Likewise George being a Roman citizen doesn't imply Italian ancestry.
Seems unlikely that the whole population was replaced. Likewise George being a Roman citizen doesn't imply Italian ancestry.
That's why I wrote "greek speaking". Indeed under the Ottoman Empire there was a mix of different cultures and religions but that was after the fall of the Roman Empire in the East. Unfortunately after the 1st World War it all changed. It's complicated but you can read about it in history books.