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Al-monitor - Turkish genealogy database fascinates, frightens Turks


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The confidentiality of data that identifies people's lineage was considered a national security issue.

There were two main reasons for all this secrecy: to conceal that scores of Armenians, Syriacs, Greeks and Jews had converted to Islam, and to avoid any debate about "Turkishness.” Its definition, “anyone who is attached to the Turkish state as a citizen," was enshrined in the constitution as part of the philosophy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the Turkish Republic and its first president.

For a long time, the official policy was that Turks formed a cohesive ethnic identity in Turkey. But less than two weeks ago, on Feb. 8, population registers were officially opened to the public via an online genealogy database. The system crashed quickly under the demand. Some people who had always boasted of their "pure" Turkish ancestry were shocked to learn they actually had other ethnic and religious roots.

On the darker side, comments such as “Crypto-Armenians, Greek and Jews in the country will now be exposed” and “Traitors will finally learn their lineage” became commonplace on social media.
Nooit geweten dat de bevolkingsregisters daar geheim waren. Dit kan nog wel eens naar uitpakken voor mensen met een Armeense achtergrond.

Hürriyet Daily News - Turkey’s genealogy service prompts spike in double citizenship enquiries

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Many who found that their ancestry traces back to EU-member countries such as Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have been particularly keen to look into possible double citizenship opportunities. Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are also thought to be receiving citizenship applications from Turkish citizens, with many submitting legal enquiries to the justice, foreign and interior ministries of the countries, as well as their consulates and embassies in Turkey.
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  vrijdag 2 maart 2018 @ 02:57:40 #2
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Best wel vreemd dat kennelijk veel mensen niet weten wat hun afstamming is. Dat je geen exacte feiten weet, ok, maar in families zijn er verhalen als "je betovergrootvader kwam ooit uit Italië", hoewel het dan ook diens vader kan zijn geweest en het land Spanje.

Ataturk is nog niet zo lang geleden. Deed het Ottomaanse rijk ook aan Turkificatie/melting pot?
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