Dönmeh - Wikipedia

• The Turkish word dönme (apostate) derives from the verbal root dön- (Ottoman Turkish: دون) that means "to turn", i.e., "to convert", but in the pejorative sense of "turncoat". The independent scholar Rıfat Bali [tr] defines the term dönme as follows: The term Donme is a Turkish gerund meaning 'to turn, revolve or return' and, by extension, "to betray" (i.e., 'go back on') and 't… 展开