I have mulled over that possibility myself, but would need more examples before coming to any conclusion. Still, I think it's safe to say that the elite jews are not of the same stock as the avg. jew.
Just some more info, semi-related...
>In it, I presented evidence for the likelihood of Ataturk's having had a Jewish — or more precisely, a Doenmeh — father.
>The Doenmeh were a heretical Jewish sect formed, after the conversion to Islam in the 17th century of the Turkish-Jewish messianic pretender Sabbetai Zevi, by those of his followers who continued to believe in him.
>Conducting themselves outwardly as Muslims in imitation of him, they lived secretly as Jews and continued to exist as a distinct, if shadowy, group well into the 20th century.
>Tipsy from too much arak, the captain confided to Ben-Avi that he was Jewish and recited the opening Hebrew words of the Shema Yisra'el or "Hear O Israel" prayer, which almost any Jew or Doenmeh — but no Turkish Muslim — would have known. Ten years later, Ben-Avi wrote, he opened a newspaper, saw a headline about a military coup in Turkey, and in a photograph recognized the leader that the young officer he had met the other night.
>Ataturk's Turkey Overturned
nysun.com/opinion/ataturks-turkey-overturned/58997/
From the comments:
>Mr. Halkin is absolutely righ: Kemal was indeed of partial jewish descent.
>He selected Ankara's as the capital because it was the Hittite Capital Ankuwash. The Capital's symbol was the hittite sun god.
>He mentioned the Torah several times during his opening speech of Türk Tarih Kurumu (The Turkish Institute of History). He said here that the turks were descendants of Noah's grand son. He saw turks as the logical inheritors of the hittites.
>He redubbed the name of Sandjak to Hatay - from a muslim name to a Hittite name
>In his mauseleum, you will find Hittite Lions on the path to his tomb. As we all know, King David's general Uriah was a hittite.
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