Anatolia was Greek at the time of St. George (3rd Century AD) while the Turks arrived in roughly the 11th century AD, St. George was most likely ethnically Greek and would have likely spoken Greek and would have likely considered himself to be Greek and would likely have had no concept of what a Turk or Turkey would be as Turkic people would not arrive in that part of the world for another 800 or so years
Turkey? He would tell Greece, or Rome but not turkey.
He was a Greek Anatolian citizen of the Roman Empire. Had he been born 700 years later he would’ve been fighting for the komnenoi to keep the Turks out of Anatolia.
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