Boris Johnson, Britain's first PM with a "Muslim" great grandfather.

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;


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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
 

Apollo

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Apparently he was an ethnic minority from Turkey called Circassian. They lack the Mongol/East Asian ancestry of mainstream Turks. Perhaps explaining why Boris looks so white.

PS. People often compare Boris Johnson to Donald Trump, but he is very different from him. He is way more intellectual compared to Trump.
 

Crow

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Apparently he was an ethnic minority from Turkey called Circassian. They lack the Mongol/East Asian ancestry of mainstream Turks. Perhaps explaining why Boris looks so white.

PS. People often compare Boris Johnson to Donald Trump, but he is very different from him. He is way more intellectual compared to Trump.
So he was slave?
:chrisfreshhah:
 

Karim

I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong
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He looks hideous with that ruffled haircut. Somebody please tell him to get a good haircut, he's embarrassing Great Britain with that fluffy hair.
 
So he was slave?
:chrisfreshhah:
No. Many Circassians fled to the Ottoman Empire (Anatolia region) after being expelled from their homeland (Circassia) in the Caucasus region after the Russo-Circassian War.

Most have quickly assimilated & became Turks, but also made significant contributions to Turkish culture.
 
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