86 Section HUMAN DIVERSITY CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIAN POPULATIONS: MOUND OF VAN FORTRESS AND KARAGЬNDЬZ SAMPLES Yarenkьr Alkan Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Anthropology, Kırşehir-Turkey, Turkey This study aims to compare craniometric traits of Van-Karagьndьz and Mound of Van Fortress (MVFChristian and MVF-Islamic) populations which lived during the Middle Ages, and to assesss biological relationships between these groups and their affi nities with other Anatolian populations. <...> We used 8 measurements (maximum cranial length, maximum cranial breadth, basion-bregma height, porion-bregma height, bizygomatic breadth, upper facial height, nasal height, nasal breadth) and 3 indices (cranial index, upper facial index, nasal index) on crania of 191 skeletons belonging to three populations. <...> In addition, we recognized two distinct subgroups within the populations (MVF-Christian and Karagьndьz) and (MVF-Islamic and Tepecik). <...> These populations were similar to other contemporary eastern and western Anatolian populations such as Dilkaya, Panaztepe, Datзa, Nikolaos, Truva 2. <...> However, they were distinct from Зatalhцyьk, Boğazkцy, Зayцnь, Hisarlık, İznik and even farther from Tilkitepe, Sardis, Alişar and Lidar. <...> The results suggest that contemporaneous groups tend to be closer to one another than chronologically diverse ones. <...> Key words: craniometry, Mound of Van Fortress, Karagьndьz, ancient Anatolia Contact information: Yarenkьr Alkan, e-mail: alkanyaren@gmail.com. <...> GENETIC TRACES OF THE TURKIC INFLUENCE IN ARMENIANS AND NEIGHBORING POPULATIONS Yepiskoposyan Levon1 Khudoyan Armine1 , Khachatryan Zaruhi1 , Hrechdakian Peter2 1Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia 2Armenian DNA Project, Family Tree DNA, Armenia We intended to evaluate the rate of genetic signals from Turkic tribes in the gene pool of various groups of modern Armenians and compare it with the corresponding rate in neighboring populations. <...> The most frequent Y-chromosomal haplogroups in Central Asia were considered as genetic markers of Turkic expansion. <...> The rate of Turkic genetic signal in different territorial groups of Armenians representing almost the whole area of historical Armenia varies in the range of 0–1%, with 0.5% on average for the general population. <...> Comparable rate of Turkic genetic input <...>