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Originally Posted by MrFirst
Attila was a Turk?
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i dont know about his family roots but yes my friend Huns are one of Turkic Nations.
theres a lot of Turkic Nations which were the deadliest enemys to eachother in history.
"Ever since Joseph de Guignes in the 18th century identified the Huns with the Xiongnu or (H)siung-nu,[5] there has been a school of thought that the Huns were of Turkic origin. This theory is also supported by O. Maenchen-Helfen, on the basis of his linguistic studies.[6][7] English scholar Peter Heather, also called the Huns "the first group of Turkic, as opposed to Iranian, nomads to have intruded into Europe".[8] Kemal Cemal, a Turkish researcher,[9] points to linguistic evidence; compares Turkic and Hunnic words, names and shows the similarities between them. He also compares systems of governance of the Huns to that of other Turkic tribes, and demonstrates how similar they are. Others who support this view include Hungarian historian Gyula Nemeth in his 1991 book Hungary."