Ottoman had it's own art on pottery and buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Ottoman_Empire
I don't know much about art and don't really care for art as I find it a waste of time, but to think hundreds of centruies such a big empire would not have good art would be denial.
I don't think we mixed too much with Italians, probably more with greeks.
I don't know what Sinan thinks but I like facts such as this DNA map:
This is what I believe in and this is the fact, however to pass these things as law I'd like to see the same DNA test done by Turkey with more people involved in the testing.
So I believe we are very mixed race wise, historical finds in Istanbul show that many used Istanbul to cross to Europe thousands of years ago, so what you call European came from Turkey in the past, not all but many, others might have come from Russia, then there is the mixing of the neanderthals.
Go a bit less back in history and we have hittites and many others in the area.
Todays Turkey probably has less than 15% turkish DNA.
Ataturk had to unite the people and he saw nationalism as a good tool so he wen't with it. It's a political tool.
Even the irish come from Turkey:
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/n...-from-turkish-farmers-83217437-237788351.html
"Europe's first farmers came from Turkey: DNA from Anatolian skeletons show farming spread from the region 8,000 years ago."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ns-farming-spread-region-8-000-years-ago.html
Then there is the Celtic people coming to Turkey:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatia
Even our capitols names Ankara comes from Angora in history, the word "Ankara" doesn't mean anything in turkish:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara
There is so much history, but to say you are 100% turkish is wrong, you can like Turkey as a nation and be loyal and call yourself "Turk" as long as you live in Turkey no matter race.
Many of the original Turks made babies with the local population and most likely is that the local population in Turkey consisted of more people so the Turks got assimilated.
Just go to Turkey you see people with orange hair, black hair, brunette, blonde, red.
You see different skin tones, different nose shapes, different skull shapes on people.
You can actually see all the different races just by looking at peoples faces.
The only thing that makes us different from Europeans today is because of your colonial history, you looted the riches of India, China and many others and that is the only reason you are rich. When your riches run out you will see us as equals.
Europeans are similar to a man with a expensive car, he will look down on others around him. Until he becomes average too.