@alenbjournalist: The story of the Dönme, Ottoman Jewish converts to Islam. They were the followers of Sabbetai Zevi / Shabtai ‘Tzvi, a Rabbi from Izmir who professed himself as the Messiah in 1648. His followers ended up converting to Islam en masse after he was brought before Sultan IV and given the choice of death, or conversion. Their story after that and to this present day only becomes more interesting… 👉If you want to read articles on Islamic history, subscribe to my Substack (its free) - first link in my bio. 📚 #Ottoman #History #Türkiye #jewishtiktok #Islamichistory

Aviv_Guri :

I am a descendant of one of the followers of Sabbatai Zevi who converted to Islam and later returned to Judaism.

G :

My mother's family had to change their names as well. I grew as Eskanazi Jewish in Istanbul. We were mostly secretive sharing our origin unless we trust them as family. My family migrated from Romania, Poland and former USSR

RHM :

Mehmed Talât Pasha is believed to be a Crypto Jew. He was also architect of the Armenian genocide.

Ayșe :

Interesting! I’m Turkish Cypriot I had my ancestry dna done and I have Sephardic Jewish ancestry from Spain.

S4HER :

That’s interesting

fyu2u :

how do people even know about these things?

emzee :

there were A LOT of crypto-something religious movements in the Ottoman Empire. this was a result of their forced conversion tax incentives. people realised they could just take the names and appearance and practice their own cult in secret. in the Balkans for example the two most popular forms of Sufi cults were Bektashi and Mevlevi for this exact reason. the Bektashi were famous for being very open to syncretisism and the Mevlevi were basically Perennialists

Mb27 :

You content is good am not saying your right or wrong just put your sources in your description better for your more trusted and better for your viewrs

Comedian Amanda Marks :

My great grandparents were Jews from Izmir and spoke Ladino. I was very lucky to know my great grandmother. Wish I had learned Ladino and asked more questions

Domingo :

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mat.alexcampbell03 :

That’s me 🙏🏻🙏🏻

danial :

destroyed the empire and paved the way for European world dominance

Gabby Osmanović⚜️🇧🇦 :

Holy shit i love your content soo much! i wish i discovered your profile earlier! 🔥

Afirst2 :

Which book would you recommend?

theowoodall :

This was so helpful

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learn smt new everyday

•azazzelle• :

Excellent storytelling and work! 🔥

Cigdem Duztepe :

Wow 😯 I learned something new today. Thank you

Raymond Reddington :

Biggest Bs you could make up haha, just to shoot against somenody like ataturk. The empire was destined to fall, why do people still rage towards the "revolution" that ensured the land of today??

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Esder :

Wow

nikjovcicsas :

What program do you use to make your vids? Looks so good! Also great vid 👏

nikosbiz :

interesting stuff!

kanzzzzz11 :

Wow

isla🦋✨💞 :

Oh wow that’s so interesting! The author Leigh Bardugo I believe has family that spoke ladino and of Spanish Jewish heritage. She weaved it into her book The Familiar.