Greek cuisine

Do you believe many Turks when they say we stole everything from them and that their cuisine is the best?

It makes me wonder, because our ancient fathers were trading with half of the known world until Alexander's army enriched our cuisine further. It's very strange since our origin lies over four to five thousand years ago and many Turks think we couldn't figure out great dishes before their people came around 1000 years ago as barbaric nomads.

I do think we got some dishes from them after all these centuries, but ours are completely different to their version. They also have difficulties to accept Greek influence on their cuisine and culture in general.

Most times I feel sorry for them and don't argue further when they get angry, but as a history enthusiast I think they should be aware that we don't know the exact origin of many dishes.

What are your thoughts about this issue?