mehmeTcc
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Nop, Timur is a completely different story since he comes from the lineage of Genghis Khan. When Mongols invaded, many Turkic and Mongol tribes eventually settled in Central Asia and Desth-i Kipchak. These Mongols like Timur's people gradually adopted Turkic languages in time. And quite honestly, this is why trying to find genetic similarities between different Turkic populations is futile and stupid as all of these subgroups are a clusterfudge of different cultures. And this is not necessarily a bad thing, we can find riches in diversity.Are Ottoman Turks racially similar to Mongols and Timurids I mean the people of Timurlane.
I like Timur tho, he had a national consciousness that almost resembles 19th century nationalism. All in all Timur was actually Mongol in a genetic sense, but his writings and memoirs about him explains us how he claimed he was Turkish (Turkic?) and thought Turks are superior compared to their contemporaries lol. In fact, he blamed Ottomans for casting away from Turkishness. Hence proving my point, your culture is everything, genetics don't mean a thing.
As for the Mongol case, there is neither genetic nor linguistic evidence showing Mongols and Turkic people are related. As such, contemporary Turcologists tend to agree that Turkic is a language isolate. So to sum up, Mongols might be related to Turkics but it is not proven yet.