Donmeh

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The Donmeh were a secretive group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who outwardly converted to Islam while secretly following the messianic teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi.

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Donmeh canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crypto-Jewish community ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
sect ⓘ
associatedWith Sabbatean movement ⓘ
Shabbateanism ⓘ
center Istanbul ⓘ
Izmir ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
Thessaloniki ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
doctrine antinomian tendencies ⓘ
messianic belief in Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
follows teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
founder followers of Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
historicalRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Roumeli
influenced Salonika Jewish community ⓘ
Young Turk era urban culture ⓘ
innerReligiousIdentity Sabbatean Judaism ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Ladino ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
marriagePractice endogamy ⓘ
meaningOfName convert ⓘ
turncoat ⓘ
minorityStatus religious minority in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
namedAfter Turkish word dönme ⓘ
notableFigure Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
organizationalDivision Kapancı subgroup ⓘ
Karakaş subgroup ⓘ
Yakubi subgroup ⓘ
outerReligiousIdentity Islam ⓘ
perceivedAs heretical by mainstream Islam ⓘ
heretical by mainstream Judaism ⓘ
practices crypto-Judaism ⓘ
publicIdentity Muslim ⓘ
publicPractice Sunni Muslim rituals ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
secretPractice distinct Sabbatean liturgy ⓘ
observance of Jewish rituals ⓘ
socialStructure closed community ⓘ
sourceType subject of historical research ⓘ
status largely assimilated in modern Turkey ⓘ
topicOf conspiracy theories in modern Turkish politics ⓘ

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