Before coming to Turkey, I had not met very many Turkish people. Therefore, my conception of what Turkish people looked like was completely skewed. I thought they would have characteristics resembling more like those from Arab countries. However, my Turkish teacher back in New York was blue eyed and blonde hair. I was a little taken back by this but thought that she was quite an exception.
When I landed to Turkey, however, I realized that Turkish people are very heterogeneous with some being blond and light skinned while others being darker skinned and darker features. One overarching feature however, has to be facial hair as thought that the majority of Turkish men, regardless of their skin color had substantive facial hair.
It is surprising to see how many different phenotypes there exists within one ethnicity called "Turkish". It was quite an eye opening experience.
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