Followers of Sabbatai Zevi who converted publicly to Islam while preserving a hidden identity in Jiang's telling.
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Followers of Sabbatai Zevi who converted publicly to Islam while preserving a hidden identity in Jiang's telling.
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Families said to convert with Zevi and preserve his teachings in secret.
Jiang claims Sabbatean/Frankist or Donmeh networks profited from the Ottoman debt regime and then financed the Young Turks when the Sultan turned toward Germany.
Jiang claims the Donmeh families who followed Zevi eventually controlled Turkey, naming Mustafa Ataturk as Donmeh.
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"And this was the Ottoman Empire at its height in 1683. Remember, in 1666 is when Sabrelai Zevi declared himself the Messiah. And remember..."
"And so from now on, a third of all revenue, tax revenue, that the Ottoman Empire generated would go directly to the French and..."
"The Young Turks believed in three things. They believed in secularism, no religion. They believed in liberalism. And they believed in individualism. Just basically..."
"Okay? And so he breaks a lot of these laws. But what Sadat Zevi is really saying is that don't apply because we all..."
"So you can argue that today the Dolmay control Turkey."
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