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It looks like that the integration and assimilation of Tatars in Turkey is similar to that of ethnic minorities in the UK, USA, and France; only that Tatar and Turkish are vey similiar to begin with. |
The integration and assimilation could be described as being more similar to Volga Germans in Germany, or Iraqi Arabs in Syria.
Also, due to there being no differentiation of "Turk"/"Turkic" in Turkey, Tatar and Nogay being regarded as Turks were able to keep their traditions and culture more effectively, they still preserve their cuisine, celebrations, music etc
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Are Tatar and Anatolian Turkish mutually intelligible without translation? |
Due to the Ottoman influence there is high mutual intellegibility.
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Do the descendants of Noghais in Turkey still look Mongoloid? Or have they mostly intermarried with others and lost their traits? At least when I travelled in Turkey I hardly saw any native Turks with Mongoloid/Central Asian facial features. |
It all depends where you visit, which towns, cities and villages.
The highest concentration of Tatars is in the "Eskisehir" region, there are other areas around Central Anatolia with large populations and also the Adana/Ceyhan province.
Also not all Central Asians look like Mongols, especially for example in Turkmenistan, Ozbekistan and Eastern Turkistan/Xinjiang. Tatars also are not all similar looking, in Turkey you can find all different looks.