formation of sects whose members were externally converted to Islam—e.g., the Dönmeh (Turkish: "Apostates") of Salonika, whose descendants still live in Turkey—or...

Sabbateans lived on until well into 21st-century Turkey as descendants of the Dönmeh. Sabbatai Zevi was a Sephardic ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey)...

Jewish secret societies of Sabbateans (followers of Sabbatai Zevi), known as Dönmeh, in Eastern Poland (now Ukraine), particularly in Podolia and Galicia, at...

partial Slavic origin, as well as for an alleged Jewish (Dönmeh) ancestry. Atatürk's alleged Dönmeh ancestry was widely disseminated in contemporary early...

Vitaliano Poselli in 1902 for the city's Dönmeh community, crypto-Jewish converts to Islam. However, when the Donmeh left the city during the population exchange...

Judaism and revived their former Jewish congregations.[citation needed] Dönmeh Allahdad Chala Converso Marrano Targum Neofiti History of the Jews in Apulia...

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featured in the media. In 2011, Kösemen discovered that he is descended from Dönmeh, Jews forced to convert to Islam in the 17th century. He published a book...

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penalty under the Ottoman sultan. He still has followers today among the Dönmeh (in Turkish: “Apostates”), who are the modern descendants of the Sabbateans...

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themselves as Jews. They became known as the Dönmeh (a Turkish word for a religious convert). Some Dönmeh remain today, primarily in Turkey. Judaism does...

Jewish neighborhoods. The Chala Jews carry a very similar story to the Dönmeh and to the Marranos of Spain. Chala Jews were unable to return to their...

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continued to practise Sabbatean rituals. These people became known as the Dönmeh. In the 1750s Jacob Frank claimed he was the reincarnation of Zevi and attracted...

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hypocrites Abdullah ibn Ubayy Apostasy in Islam Demolition of Masjid al-Dirar Dönmeh Kafir Kitman Sabbateans Shabakism Taqiya Zandaqa Nisan, Mordechai (5 July...

those Crypto-Jews who wish to renew their ties with the Jewish people. Dönmeh Allahdad Chala Converso Marrano Neofiti Epikoros Sephardic Bnei Anusim Who...

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threat of death from the Ottoman authorities. Islamic–Jewish relations Dönmeh, followers of Sabbatai Zevi who converted with him Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat...

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diaspora Judeo-Aramaic Kurdish Jews in Israel Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Dönmeh Mordechai Zaken, "Jewish Subjects and their tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan:...

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Islam taking his name as Yakup in 1687 and playing an important role in the Dönmeh. He led his disciples on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He died in Alexandria on...

(1888 – 15 May 1919), a Turkish nationalist, patriot, and journalist of Dönmeh descent. Hailed as a Turkish war hero, his name has been given by the Turkish...

to Greek, Roma, Pomak, Macedonian, Cham Albanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Dönmeh Muslim communities. For both communities, the population exchange had traumatic...

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the Jewish world with a Jewish plurality. Some in the committee were even Dönmeh, that is, Muslims with Jewish ancestry, including Cavid and Dr. Nazım, and...