the phil hellens that arrived in modern greece during the revolution couldn't tell the greeks apart from the turks. this is not a surprise because greeks and turks have intermingled for many many generations
RHS International Lecture Professor Mark Mazower- 19 January 2022
the area of modern "greece" had no sort of distinctive identity at all
The language they spoke at home was not always greek
Professor Roderick Beaton 1/30/21