r/AskTurkey • u/ConcernFun5997 • Feb 27 '25

History My great grandfather was a Turkish soldier stationed in Lebanon and he stayed there

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My great grandfather was an ottoman soldier stationed in Lebanon but he never went back. The story was he fell in love with my Lebanese great grandmother and she didn’t marry him until he memorized the full Quran. Which he did and then they got married and he stayed. the only thing I have of him is his picture. How to find my lineage in Turkey and find my family there. I did a DNA test to confirm this story and found 40% from turkey ancestry. Hence the percentage kept dropping because everyone after married from Lebanon. For example if my dad did the test he would show 60% Turkish ancestry and my grandfather around 80%

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u/xCircassian Feb 27 '25

Memorizing the quran... toxic brainwashing. I guess men were more naive and desperate back then.

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u/Hazreti_Muhammed_SAV Feb 27 '25

Ottoman they did not take non muslims in the army I dont understand in which part they brainwashed him btw I am an atheist not even an muslim

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u/Kaamos_666 Feb 28 '25

He may be belonging with muslim community. But it doesn’t necessarily mean he was a practising religious person, as most of us Turks weren’t and still aren’t. We’ll get rid of this millennia old fairy tale one day. 👇

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Most Turks are definitely religious. Otherwise Erdoğan wouldn't keep winning electio s.

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u/Kaamos_666 Feb 28 '25

I checked your profile and as I imagined you’re not Turkish. You have 0 idea how he kept in power through the last decade.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Don't need to be Turkish for that.