They still use the word Turkish to be correct at this century, that's why they use the word Turkish. But there are no decendants or Turk culture exist in Turkey. You are caught up with that misunderstanding as well.
Europeans academics started to call Turkey as Turcia by the 12th century, because of Turks attacks and killings. This word was also connected to being muslim. So instead of calling anatolia as muslims they would call every muslims as Turks.
3. CULTURE:
Today every single existing culture on Anatolia soils (efe games, Zeybek, Horon, Ciftetelli, Halay etc.) do have '0' connection with Central Asia and their cultures. If all the western of Turkey were Turks, then where are those Central Asian cultures? The Turkish culture you think is a culture mixed with Greek, and Arab culture.
Here are some of the Turkized cultures but in fact, they were Greek:
Zeybek=Zeibekikos,
Horon Horos,
Hora Horos,
Efe Ephesus,
Mastika,
İskambil Skambili,
Kuka Kuka,
Kukla,
Tavla Tavli
Music, Clothing, Food, Games, and Life Styles:
Turkish art music is in fact Byzantium music. The instruments are the same as well as the lyrical assets. For example, they call it 'Turk musikisi', in fact 'musiki' word is a Greek word. Everything is the same but the name is transformed and called as 'Turkish'
The clothing, and dresses used in Anatolia have no similarities with Central Asia's dress codes. They are very different to each other. The villagers in Aegean region in 'Turkey' still dress the same as Greek villagers in this century. The ways the villages look are the same as well. Check out Izmir, Bodrum, Mugla etc. you will see how they are prototype of Greek culture. If you have, a chance to go to a Greek restaurant you will feel like you are in a 'Turkish' restaurant.
The same thing applies for food as well. Zeytinyagli (Olive-buttered) food types in Ottoman kitchen were completely coming from Byzantine kitchen. Almost all the food, drinks, fruit names, and fish names are Greek in 'Turkey'. Aegean, Mediterranean, and Black Sea regions' all foods codes are in fact old Anatolian food types.
Today, the traditions of a Turk in Kazakhstan or Turkmenistan have no similarities with a 'Turk' in Turkey. For example, there is a culture of horse riding in Central Asia as well as tightrope standing but none of these exists in Anatolia.
Today all the public games played in Anatolia's east, west, north, and south are the descendants from old Anatolian games. None of them exists in Central Asia. For example, check this out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO1GfKlk2bo and a Greek will tell you what actually it is. Anatolians are no Turks in terms of culture because no culture and traditions that they have are from Central Asia. If Turkey had 'Turks' inside then we would see Central Asian cultures, traditions, foods, etc.
4. LANGUAGE:
The Greek words in 'Turkish' are incredibly high! However,
almost all of the daily used words in Turkish come from Greek.
Their roots belong Greek as well.
Here is the proof.
Foods and drinks:
Ahtapot Htapodi,
Bulgur Bligouri,
Çiroz Tsiros,
Çipura Tsipura,
Çinokop Tsanokopi,
Çörek Tsoureki,
Ihlamur Flamouri,
Izgara Skara,
Hamsi Hamsini,
İspinoz Spinos,
İstakoz Astakos,
İstavrit Stavritis,
İstridye Stridi,
Iskorpit Skorpios,
İspendik Standiki,
İspinoz Spinos,
Izgara Skara,
Janbon Zambon,
Kokoreç Kokoretsi,
Karides Garides,
Kaymak Kaimaki,
Kaygana Kagkanos,
Kaşar Kaseri,
Kurabiye Kurambies,
Levrek Lavraki,
Midye Mydi,
Orfoz Rofos,
Palamut Palamida,
Pasta Pasta,
Pastırma Pastourmas,
Pide Pita,
Pirzola Brizola,
Sardalya Sardela,
Sazan Sazani,
Sucuk Soutzouki,
Şeker Zachari,
Uskumru Skumbri
Flower names:
Açelya Azalea,
Ananas Ananas,
Anemon Anemonis,
Bamya Bamia,
Barbunya Barbunia,
Biber Piperi,
Bulgur Bligouri,
Fasulye Fasoulia,
Fulya Fulia,
Ispanak Spanaki,
Karanfil Karafilli,
Kayısı Kaisi,
Kestane Kastano,
Kiraz Kerasi,
Krizantem Krisantemi,
Köknar Kukunari,
Lahana Lahano,
Limon Lemoni,
Mandalina Mandarini,
Manolya Manolia,
Mantar Manitari,
Marul Maruli,
Maydanoz Maidanos,
Muşmula Mousmoula,
Ökaliptus Ev-Kalips,
Papatya Papadia,
Patates Patates,
Patlıcan Patlatzani,
Pırasa Praso,
Portakal Portokali,
Sümbül Zoumbouli,
Vişne Visine,
Yasemin Yasemi
Most used daily equipment, kitchen, tool names:
Anahtar Anahtari,
Balyoz Balios,
Cımbız Tsimpida,
Çengel Tsingeli,
Çember Tsemperi,
Fener Fanari,
Fırın Fournos,
Fincan flitzani,
Fıçı Foutsi,
Fırça Fırtsas,
Gübre Kopria,
Halat Halati,
İskemle İskemle,
Istaka Steka,
Izgara Skara,
Kavanoz Kavanos,
Kiler Kelari,
Kilit Klidi
Kiremit Keramidi,
Kundak Kontaki,
Kova Kouvas,
Kümes Koumesi,
Kutu Kouti,
Lamba Lampa,
Makara Makaras,
Masa Maso,
Mangal Mangali,
Olta Olta,
Pabuç Papoutsi,
Patik Patiki,
Sünger Sfungari,
Semer Samari,
Teneke Tenekes,
Tepsi Tapsi,
Tuğla Toublo,
Vernik Verniki, and thousand others like that
Greek person names:
Açelya Azalea,
Akasya (reborn),
Ata-Athan (Immortal),
Bora Bora,
Defne (a tree),
Delfin (Dolphin),
Demet Demati,
Diara Dilara,
Eda (Generation)
Eflatun (Light Purple),
Dido,
Esmerelda,
Elmas (Jewellery),
Fidan,
Fide,
Filiz Filizi,
Fulya (a flower),
Funda Funda,
İdil,
İlay-İlke (Light),
Kiraz,
Manolya Manolia,
Melinda,
Melisa,
Menderes,
Merve-Merme,
Mete,
Papatya Papadia,
Pelin Pelini,
Poyraz,
Saba,
Selen-Selin,
Sibel,
Sümbül Zoumbouli,
Talya,
Temel,
Yasemin Yasemi
and millions others names like that... These names are used constantly in Anatolia
Daily used Greek cultural words in 'Turkey':
Asparagas,
Bre,
Despot,
Efendi,
Faso fiso,
Felek,
Fiske,
Gaf,
Hovarda,
İzmarit,
Kalpazan,
Kaparo,
Karavana,
Kerata,
Külüstür,
Manav,
Paçavra,
Paydos,
Zevzek.
Today most of the Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea society pronounce 'lahana' and 'kiraz' the way Greeks would pronounce. Almost everyone in those regions still use 'Turkish' accents like Greeks: Gelduk, cittuk, cezduk, kacduk etc. Today so called Turkish language have Armenian and Greek 7000-8000 words inside it and they are still assumed that these words are Turkish. In 1920, Turkish government prohibited the etymology studies so as not to allow Anatolians to know where their language come from!
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