Turkish scholar İsmet Özel’s statement denying the existence of a Turkish race has again come to the agenda in Turkey.

Speaking to Haber Türk news agency TV of Turkey, Özel had stated that there was no Turkish race.

And to the follow-up question by the program host, he had responded as follows: “There has never been a Turkish race; it’s a synthesis.”

This statement by İsmet Özel has once again caused a huge wave of protests in Turkey.