His father's paternal grandfather is a Muslim Ottoman journalist called Ali Kemal Bey.
Boris Johnson has a Muslim great-grandfather from Turkey – here’s who he was;
Johnson (left) and his great-grandfather, Ali Kemal
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Ali Kemal
Ali Kemal Bey
Born 1867
Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died 6 November 1922 (aged 54–55)
İzmit, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey)
Nationality Ottoman
Occupation Government official (occupational force), journalist, poet
Spouse(s) Winifred Brun, Sabiha Hanım
Children 3, including Zeki Kuneralp
Relatives Stanley Johnson (grandson), Boris Johnson (great grandson)
Ali Kemal Bey (Ottoman Turkish: عَلِي كمال بك; 1867 – 6 November 1922) was an Ottoman journalist, newspaper editor, poet[1] and a politician of liberal signature, who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered during the Turkish War of Independence.
Kemal is the paternal grandfather of the British politician Stanley Johnson and great-grandfather of Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip Boris Johnson, MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, and journalist Rachel Johnson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Kemal
Boris Johnson has a Muslim great-grandfather from Turkey – here’s who he was;
Johnson (left) and his great-grandfather, Ali Kemal
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/b...-muslim-ali-kemal-tory-leadership-debate-bbc/
Ali Kemal
Ali Kemal Bey
Born 1867
Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died 6 November 1922 (aged 54–55)
İzmit, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey)
Nationality Ottoman
Occupation Government official (occupational force), journalist, poet
Spouse(s) Winifred Brun, Sabiha Hanım
Children 3, including Zeki Kuneralp
Relatives Stanley Johnson (grandson), Boris Johnson (great grandson)
Ali Kemal Bey (Ottoman Turkish: عَلِي كمال بك; 1867 – 6 November 1922) was an Ottoman journalist, newspaper editor, poet[1] and a politician of liberal signature, who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered during the Turkish War of Independence.
Kemal is the paternal grandfather of the British politician Stanley Johnson and great-grandfather of Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip Boris Johnson, MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, and journalist Rachel Johnson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Kemal