Does the Byzantine Empire have any Descendants?

by Balmar-Squire

Did the Ottoman Empire wipe all of them out, or what? I know that many people in Greece are Turkish and have become Turkish. But doesn't that mean Greece should be Turkish too??? Aren't Greeks technically Turkish????

gynnis-scholasticus

As you are waiting you might read some earlier answers. In this thread u/xeimevta writes a great answer about what happened to the Byzantine nobility. You can read more about Byzantine-Ottoman continuity in administration here by u/Sinan-Pasha96 and here by u/Ornlu-wolfjarl, as well as here where u/amp1212 has a different perspective and is questioned a bit by some of our flaired users. There have also been discussions on Greek experience and Greek identity after the conquest, like in this answer by u/ByzantineBasileus, this one by u/Anthemius_Augustus and this by u/Chamboz