TUBITAK discovered that the blood of Thracian Turks and Japanese people have the same characteristics. TUBITAK gathered blood samples from 900 thousand people in 16 provinces within the framework of its project called “Medical Research and Development,” to reveal the genetic structure and blood map of Turkish people.

As a result of its research, the institution found out that “Hemoglobin-Ankara,” which is found in the blood of Turks, is also present in the blood of the Japanese. Moreover Haemoglobin-UB2, which is in the blood of the Japanese, is also found in the Thracian and Aegean Turks.