The Dnmeh: The Middle Easts Most Whispered Secret (Part I) Wayne MADSEN | 25.10.

2011

There is a historical eight hundred pound gorilla lurking in the background of almost every serious military and diplomatic incident involving srael! Turkey! ran! "audi #rabia! ra$! %reece! #rmenia! the &urds! the #ssyrians! and some other players in the 'iddle (ast and southeastern (urope. t is a factor that is generally only )hispered about at diplomatic receptions! ne)s conferences! and think tank sessions due to the e*plosiveness and controversial nature of the sub+ect. #nd it is the secretiveness attached to the sub+ect that has been the reason for so much misunderstanding about the current breakdo)n in relations bet)een srael and Turkey! a gro)ing )arming of relations bet)een srael and "audi #rabia! and increasing enmity bet)een "audi #rabia and ran, #lthough kno)n to historians and religious e*perts! the centuries-old political and economic influence of a group kno)n in Turkish as the Dnmeh! is only beginning to cross the lips of Turks! #rabs! and sraelis )ho have been reluctant to discuss the presence in Turkey and else)here o" a sect o" T#r$s descended "rom a %ro#p o" Sephardic &e's 'ho 'ere e(pelled "rom Spain d#rin% the Spanish In)#isition in the *+th and *,th cent#ries- These .e)ish refugees from "pain )ere )elcomed to settle in the /ttoman (mpire and over the years they converted to a mystical sect of slam that eventually mi*ed .e)ish &abbala and slamic "ufi semimystical beliefs into a sect that eventually championed secularism in post-/ttoman Turkey. It is interestin% that Dnmeh! not only re"ers to the &e'ish #ntr#st'orthy con.erts! to Islam in T#r$ey /#t it is also a dero%atory T#r$ish 'ord "or a trans.estite0 or someone 'ho is claimin% to /e someone they are notThe 0onmeh sect of .udaism )as founded in the 11th century by 2abbi "abbatai 3evi! a &abbalist )ho believed he )as the 'essiah but )as forced to convert to slam by "ultan 'ehmet 4! the /ttoman ruler. 'any of the rabbi5s follo)ers! kno)n as "abbateans! but also crypto-.e)s! publicly proclaimed their slamic faith but secretly practiced their hybrid form of .udaism! )hich )as unrecogni6ed by mainstream .e)ish rabbinical authorities. 7ecause it )as against their beliefs to marry outside their sect! the 08nmeh created a rather secretive sub-societal clan. The Dnmeh rise to po'er in T#r$ey 'any 08nmeh! along )ith traditional .e)s! became po)erful political and business leaders in "alonica. t 'as this core %ro#p o" Dnmeh0 'hich or%ani1ed the secret 2o#n% T#r$s0 also kno)n as the 9ommittee of :nion and ;rogress! the secularists )ho deposed /ttoman "ultan #bdulhamid in the 1<0= revolution! proclaimed the post-/ttoman 2epublic of Turkey after >orld >ar ! and )ho instituted a campaign that stripped Turkey of much of its slamic identity after the fall of the /ttomans. #bdulhamid )as vilified by the ?oung Turks as a tyrant! but his only real crime appears to have been to refuse to meet 3ionist leader Theodore @er6l during a visit to 9onstantinople in 1<01 and re+ect 3ionist and 08nmeh offers of money in return for the 3ionists to be granted control of .erusalem. Aike other leaders )ho have crossed the 3ionists! "ultan #dulhamid appears to have sealed his fate )ith the 08nmeh )ith this statement to his /ttoman courtB #dvise 0r. @er6l not to take any further steps in his pro+ect. cannot give a)ay even a handful of the soil of this land for it is not my o)n! it belongs to the entire slamic nation. The slamic nation fought +ihad for the sake of this land and had )atered it )ith their blood. The .e)s may keep their money and millions. f the slamic &halifate state is one day destroyed then they )ill be able to take ;alestine )ithout a priceC 7ut )hile am alive! )ould rather push a s)ord into my body than see the land of ;alestine cut and given a)ay from the slamic state. #fter his ouster by #taturk5s ?oung Turk 08nmeh in 1<0=! #bdulhamid )as +ailed in the 0onmeh citadel of "alonica. @e died in 9onstantinople in 1<1=! three years after bn "aud agreed to a .e)ish homeland in ;alestine and one year after Aord 7alfour deeded ;alestine a)ay to the 3ionists in his letter to 7aron 2othschild. /ne of the ?oung Turk leaders in "alonica )as 'ustafa &emal #taturk! the founder of the 2epublic of Turkey. >hen %reece achieved sovereignty over "alonica in 1<1D! many 08nmeh! unsuccessful at being re-classified .e)ish! moved to 9onstantinople! later re-named stanbul. /thers moved to 6mir! 7ursa! and #taturk5s ne)lyproclaimed capital and future seat of (rgenekon po)er! #nkara. Some te(ts s#%%est that the Dnmeh n#m/ered no more than *340444 and 'ere mainly "o#nd in the army0 %o.ernment0 and /#siness- 5o'e.er0 other e(perts s#%%est that the Dnmeh may ha.e represented *-3 million T#r$s and 'ere e.en more po'er"#l than /elie.ed /y many and e(tended to e.ery "acet o" T#r$ish li"e- /ne influential 0onmeh! Tevfik 2ustu #rak! )as a close friend and adviser to #taturk and served as Turkey5s Eoreign 'inister from 1<25 to 1<D=. Atat#r$0 'ho 'as reportedly himsel" a Dnmeh0 ordered that T#r$s a/andon their o'n M#slim6Ara/ic names- The name of the first 9hristian emperor of 2ome! 9onstantine! )as erased from the largest Turkish city! 9onstantinople. The city became stanbul! after the #taturk government in 1<2D ob+ected to the traditional name. There ha.e /een many )#estions a/o#t Atat#r$s o'n name0 since M#stapha 7emal Atat#r$! 'as a pse#donym- Some historians ha.e s#%%ested that Atat#r$ adopted his name /eca#se he 'as

a descendant o" none other than 8a//i 9e.i0 the sel"6proclaimed Messiah o" the Dnmeh: #taturk also abolished Turkey5s use of the #rabic script and forced the country to adopt the )estern alphabet. Modern T#r$ey: a secret 9ionist state controlled /y the Dnmeh #taturk5s suspected strong .e)ish roots! information about )hich )as suppressed for decades by a Turkish government that forbade anything critical of the founder of modern Turkey! began bubbling to the surface! first! mostly outside of Turkey and in publications )ritten by .e)ish authors. The *;,< /oo$0 The Secret &e's0 /y 8a//i &oachim Prin10 maintains that Atat#r$ and his "inance minister0 D=a.id >ey0 'ere /oth committed Dnmeh and that they 'ere in %ood company /eca#se too many o" the 2o#n% T#r$s in the ne'ly "ormed re.ol#tionary ?a/inet prayed to Allah0 /#t had their real prophet @Sa//atai 9e.i0 the Messiah o" SmyrnaA- n The Eor)ard of .anuary 2=! 1<<F! @illel @alkin )rote in The Ge) ?ork "un that #taturk recited the .e)ish "hema ?israel H@ear / sraelI! saying that it )as my prayer too. The information is recounted from an autobiography by +ournalist tamar 7en-#vi! )ho claims #taturk! then a young Turkish army captain! revealed he )as .e)ish in a .erusalem hotel bar one rainy night during the )inter of 1<11. n addition! Atat#r$ attended the Semsi E""endi %rade school in Salonica0 r#n /y a Dnmeh named Simon 9e.i- @alkin )rote in the Ge) ?ork "un article about an email he received from a Turkish colleagueB no) kno) J kno) Hand haven5t a shred of doubtI J that #taturk5s father5s family )as indeed of .e)ish stock. t 'as Atat#r$s and the 2o#n% T#r$s s#pport "or 9ionism0 the creation o" a &e'ish homeland in Palestine0 a"ter World War I and d#rin% Na1i r#le in E#rope that endeared T#r$ey to Israel and .ice .ersa- #n article in The Eor)ard of 'ay =! 2001! revealed that 08nmeh dominated Turkish leadership from the president do)n! as )ell as key diplomats . . . and a great part of Turkey5s military! cultural! academic! economic! and professional elites kept Turkey out of a >orld >ar alliance )ith %ermany! and deprived @itler of a Turkish route to the 7aku oilfields. n his book! The 0onmeB .e)ish 9onverts! 'uslim 2evolutionaries and "ecular Turks! ;rofessor 'arc 0avid 7aer )rote that many advanced to e*alted positions in the "ufi religious orders. srael has al)ays been reluctant to describe the Turkish massacre of the #rmenians by the Turks in 1<15 as genocide. t has al)ays been believed that the reason for srael5s reticence )as not to upset srael5s close military and diplomatic ties )ith Turkey. @o)ever! more evidence is being uncovered that the #rmenian genocide )as largely the )ork of the 08nmeh leadership of the ?oung Turks. @istorians like #hmed 2efik! )ho served as an intelligence officer in the /ttoman army! averred that it 'as the aim o" the 2o#n% T#r$s to destroy the Armenians0 'ho 'ere mostly ?hristian- The 2o#n% T#r$s0 #nder Atat#r$s direction0 also e(pelled Bree$ ?hristians "rom T#r$ish cities and attempted to commit a smaller6scale %enocide o" the Assyrians0 'ho 'ere also mainly ?hristian/ne ?oung Turk from "alonica! 'ehmet Talat! )as the official )ho carried out the genocide of the #rmenians and #ssyrians. # 4ene6uelan mercenary )ho served in the /ttoman army! 2afael de Gogales 'ende6! noted in his annals of the #rmenian genocide that Talat )as kno)n as the renegade @ebre) of "alonica. Talat )as assassinated in %ermany in 1<21 by an #rmenian )hose entire family )as lost in the genocide ordered by the renegade @ebre). It is /elie.ed /y some historians o" the Armenian %enocide that the Armenians0 $no'n as %ood /#sinessmen0 'ere tar%eted /y the /#siness6sa..y Dnmeh /eca#se they 'ere considered to /e commercial competitorst is not! therefore! the desire to protect the sraeli-Turkish alliance that has caused srael to esche) any interest in pursuing the reasons behind the #rmenian genocide! but srael5s and the 08nmeh5s k no'led%e that it 'as the Dnmeh leadership o" the 2o#n% T#r$s that not only m#rdered h#ndreds o" tho#sands o" Armenians and Assyrians /#t 'ho also stamped o#t T#r$eys traditional M#slim c#stoms and 'ays&no)ledge that it )as 08nmeh! in a natural alliance )ith the 3ionists of (urope! )ho )ere responsible for the deaths of #rmenian and #ssyrian 9hristians! e*pulsion from Turkey of %reek /rthodo* 9hristians! and the cultural and religious eradication of Turkish slamic traditions! )ould issue forth in the region a ne) reality. 2ather than %reek and Turkish 9ypriots living on a divided island! #rmenians holding a vendetta against the Turks! and %reeks and Turks feuding over territory! all the peoples attacked by the 08nmeh )ould reali6e that they had a common foe that )as their actual persecutor. ?hallen%in% Dnmeh r#le: T#r$eys /attle a%ainst the Er%ene$on t is the purging of the &emalist adherents of #taturk and his secular 08nmeh regime that is behind the investigation of the (rgenekon conspiracy in Turkey. (rgenekon5s description matches up completely )ith the 08nmeh presence in Turkey5s diplomatic! military! +udicial! religious! political! academic! business! and +ournalist hierarchy. Er%ene$on attempted to stop the re"orms instit#ted /y s#ccessi.e non6Dnmeh T#r$ish leaders0 including the re-introduction of traditional Turkish slamic customs and rituals! by planning a series of coups! some successful like that )hich deposed ;rime 'inister Gecmettin (rbakan5s 2efah H>elfareI slamist government in 1<<K and some #ns#ccess"#l0 li$e CPE8ATICN SDEDBE5EMME80 'hich 'as aimed at deposin% Prime Minister 8ecep Tayyip Erdo%an in E44<- "ome slamist-leaning reformists! including Turkish ;resident Turgut /6al and ;rime 'inister 7ulent (cevit! died under suspicious circumstances. 0eposed democratically-elected ;rime 'inister #dnan 'enderes )as hanged in 1<K1! follo)ing a military coup.

#merican politicians and +ournalists! )hose kno)ledge of the history of countries like Turkey and the preceding /ttoman (mpire! is often severely lacking! have painted the friction bet)een srael5s government and the Turkish government of ;rime 'inister (rdogan as based on Turkey5s drift to slamism and the #rab )orld. Ear from it! Erdo%an and his &#stice and De.elopment Party (A7P) seem to ha.e "inally seen a 'ay to /rea$ "ree "rom the domination and cr#elty o" the Dnmeh0 'hether in the "orm o" 7emalist "ollo'ers o" Atat#r$ or nationalist schemers and plotters in Er%ene$on- 7ut )ith Turkey5s ndependence 0ay has come vitriol from the 08nmeh and their natural allies in srael and the srael Aobby in the :nited "tates and (urope. T#r$ey as a mem/er o" the E#ropean Fnion 'as "ine "or E#rope as lon% as the Dnmeh remained in char%e and permitted T#r$eys 'ealth to /e looted /y central /an$ers li$e has occ#rred in Breece>hen srael launched its bloody attack on the Turkish %a6a aid vessel! the 'avi 'armara! on 'ay D1! 2010! the reason )as not so much the ship5s running of the sraeli blockade of %a6a. The brutality of the sraelis in shooting unarmed Turks and one Turkish-#merican! some at point blank range! according to a :G report! indicated that srael )as motivated by something elseB vengeance and retaliation for the Turkish government5s crackdo)n on (rgenekon! the purging of the Turkish military and intelligence senior ranks of 08nmeh! and reversing the anti-'uslim religious and cultural policies set do)n by the 08nmeh5s favorite son! #taturk! some ninety years before. In e""ect0 the Israeli attac$ on the Ma.i Marmara 'as in retaliation "or T#r$eys =ailin% o" se.eral top T#r$ish military o""icers0 =o#rnalists0 and academics0 all acc#sed o" /ein% part o" the Er%ene$on plot to o.erthro' the A7P %o.ernment in E44<- @idden in the (rgenekon coup plot is that the 08nmeh and (rgenekon are connected through their history of being &emalists! ardent secularists! pro- sraeli! and pro-3ionist. >ith tempers no) flaring bet)een ran on one side and srael! "audi #rabia! and the :nited "tates on the other! as the result of a dubious claim by :.". la) enforcement that ran )as planning to carry out the assassination of the "audi ambassador to the :nited "tates on #merican soil! the long-standing close! but secretive relationship bet)een srael and "audi #rabia is coming to the forefront. The sraeli-"audi connection had flourished during /;(2#T /G 0("(2T "T/2'! )hen both countries )ere on the receiving end of "addam @ussein5s "cud missiles. (Part II) >hat )ill surprise those )ho may already be surprised about the 08nmeh connection to Turkey! is the 08nmeh connection to the @ouse of "aud in "audi #rabia. #n ra$i 'ukhabarat H%eneral 'ilitary ntelligence 0irectorateI Top "ecret report! The (mergence of >ahhabism and its @istorical 2oots! dated "eptember 2002 and released on 'arch 1D! 200=! by the :.". 0efense ntelligence #gency in translated (nglish form! points to the 08nmeh roots of the founder of the "audi >ahhabi sect of slam! 'uhammad ibn #bdul >ahhab. 'uch of the information is gleaned from the memoirs of a 'r. @umfer! Has spelled in the 0 # report! 'r. @empher as spelled the historical recordI a 7ritish spy )ho used the name 'ohammad! claimed to be an #6eri )ho spoke Turkish! ;ersian! and #rabic and )ho made contact )ith >ahhab in the mid-1=th century )ith a vie) of creating a sect of slam that )ould eventually bring about an #rab revolt against the /ttomans and pave the )ay for the introduction of a .e)ish state in ;alestine. @umfer5s memoirs are recounted by the /ttoman )riter and admiral #yyub "abri ;asha in his 1=== )ork! The 7eginning and "preading of >ahhabism. n his book! The 08nmeh .e)s! 0. 'ustafa Turan )rites that >ahhab5s grandfather! T+en "ulayman! )as actually T+en "hulman! a member of the .e)ish community of 7asra! ra$. The ra$i intelligence report also states that in his book! The 08nmeh .e)s and the /rigin of the "audi >ahhabis! 2ifat "alim &abar reveals that "hulman eventually settled in the @e+a6! in the village of al-#yniyah )hat is no) "audi #rabia! )here his grandson founded the >ahhabi sect of slam. The ra$i intelligence report states that "hulman had been banished from 0amascus! 9airo! and 'ecca for his $uackery. n the village! "hulman sired #bdul >ahhab. #bdel >ahhab5s son! 'uhammad! founded modern >ahhabism. The ra$i report also makes some astounding claims about the "aud family. t cites #bdul >ahhab brahim al"hammari5s book! The >ahhabi 'ovementB The Truth and 2oots! )hich states that &ing #bdul #6i6 bn "aud! the first &ingdom of "audi #rabia monarch! )as descended from 'ordechai bin brahim bin 'oishe! a .e)ish merchant also from 7asra. n Ge+d! 'oishe +oined the #ni6a tribe and changed his name to 'arkhan bin brahim bin 'usa. (ventually! 'ordechai married off his son! .ack 0an! )ho became #l-Larn! to a )oman from the #n6ah tribe of the Ge+d. Erom this union! the future "aud family )as born. The ra$i intelligence document reveals that the researcher 'ohammad "akher )as the sub+ect of a "audi contract murder hit for his e*amination into the "auds5 .e)ish roots. n "aid Gasir5s book! The @istory of the "aud Eamily! it is maintained that in 1<FD! the "audi ambassador to (gypt! #bdullah bin brahim al 'uffadal! paid 'uhammad al Tamami to forge a family tree sho)ing that the "auds and >ahhabs )ere one family that descended directly from the ;rophet 'ohammed. #t the outset of >orld >ar ! a .e)ish 7ritish officer from ndia! 0avid "hakespeare! met )ith bn "aud in

2iyadh and later led a "audi army that defeated a tribe opposed to bn "aud. n 1<15! bn "aud met )ith the 7ritish envoy to the %ulf region! 7racey 9ocas. 9ocas made the follo)ing offer to bn "audB think this is a guarantee for your endurance as it is in the interest of 7ritain that the .e)s have a homeland and e*istence! and 7ritain5s interests are! by all means! in your interest. bn "aud! the descendant of 08nmeh from 7asra! respondedB ?es! if my ackno)ledgement means so much to you! ackno)ledge thousand times granting a homeland to the .e)s in ;alestine or other than ;alestine. T)o years later! 7ritish Eoreign "ecretary Aord 7alfour! in a letter to 7aron >alter 2othschild! a leader of the 7ritish 3ionists! statedB @is 'a+esty5s government vie) )ith favor the establishment in ;alestine of a national home for the .e)ish people . . . The deal had the tacit backing of t)o of the ma+or players in the region! both descendant from 08nmeh .e)s )ho supported the 3ionist cause! &emal #taturk and bn "aud. The present situation in the 'iddle (ast should be seen in this light but the history of the region has been purged by certain religious and political interests for obvious reasons. #fter >orld >ar ! the 7ritish facilitated the coming to po)er of the "aud regime in the former @e+a6 and Ge+d provinces of the /ttoman (mpire. The "auds established >ahhabism as the state religion of the ne) &ingdom of "audi #rabia and! like the &emalist 08nmeh in Turkey! began to move against other slamic beliefs and sects! including the "unnis and "hi5as. The >ahhabi "auds accomplished )hat the &emalist 08nmeh )ere able to achieve in TurkeyB a fractured 'iddle (ast that )as ripe for >estern imperialistic designs and laid the ground)ork for the creation of the 3ionist state of srael. Deep states and Dnmeh 0uring t)o visits to Turkey in 2010! had the opportunity of discussing the (rgenekon deep state )ith leading Turkish officials. t )as more than evident that discussions about the (rgenekon net)ork and its foreign connections are a highly-sensitive sub+ect. @o)ever! it )as also )hispered by one high-ranking Turkish foreign policy official that there )ere other deep states in surrounding nations and (gypt! "audi #rabia! .ordan! and "yria )ere mentioned by name. 9onsidering the links bet)een (rgenekon and the 08nmeh in Turkey and the close intelligence and military links bet)een the 08nmeh-descendent "auds and >ahhabis in #rabia! the reports of close links bet)een ousted (gyptian ;resident @osni 'ubarak and his intelligence chief /mar "uleiman and the 7inyamin Getanyahu government in srael may be seen in an entirely ne) light, #nd it )ould e*plain (rdogan5s support for (gypt5s revolutionB in Turkey! it )as a democratic revolution that curbed the influence of the 08nmeh. The influence of >ahhabi "alafists in Aibya5s ne) government also e*plains )hy (rdogan )as keen on establishing relations )ith the 7engha6i-based rebels to help supplant the influence of the >ahhabis! the natural allies of his enemies! the 08nmeh H(rgenekonI of Turkey. (rdogan5s desire to set the historical record straight by restoring history purged by the &emalists and 08nmeh has earned him vitriolic statements from srael5s government that he is a neo-/ttomanist )ho is intent on forming an alliance )ith the 'uslim 7rotherhood in the #rab countries. 9learly! the 08nmeh and their 3ionist brethren in srael and else)here are )orried about 08nmeh and 3ionist historical revisionism! including their role in the #rmenian and #ssyrian genocide! and their genocide denial being e*posed. n (gypt! )hich )as once an /ttoman realm! it )as a popular revolution that tossed out )hat may have amounted to the 08nmeh )ith regard to the 'ubarak regime. The (gyptian #rab "pring also e*plains )hy the sraelis )ere $uick to kill si* (gyptian border police so soon after nine Turkish passengers )ere killed aboard the 'avi 'armara! some in e*ecution style! by sraeli troops. 08nmeh doctrine is rife )ith references to the /ld Testament #malekites! a nomadic tribe ordered attacked by the @ebre)s from (gypt by the .e)ish %od to make room for 'oses5s follo)ers in the southern region of ;alestine. n the 7ook of .udges! %od unsuccessfully commands "aulB Go) go and strike #malek and devote to destruction all that they have. 0o not spare them! but kill both man and )oman! and infant! o*! and sheep! camel and donkey. The 08nmeh! )hose doctrine is also present in @asidic and other orthodo* sects of .udaism! appear to have no problem substituting the #rmenians! #ssyrians! Turks! &urds! (gyptians! ra$is! Aebanese! ranians! and ;alestinians for the #malekites in carrying out their military assaults and pogroms. >ith reformist governments in Turkey and (gypt much more )illing to look into the background of those )ho have split the slamic )orld! #taturk in Turkey and 'ubarak in (gypt! the "auds are likely very much a)are that it is only a matter of time before their links! both modern and historical! to srael )ill be fully e*posed. t makes sense that the "auds have been successful in engineering a dubious plot involving ranian government agents trying to assassinate the "audi ambassador to >ashington in an unnamed >ashington! 09 restaurant. The ra$i intelligence report could have been referring to the 3ionists and 08nmeh )hen it stated! it strives to . . . MtheN killing of 'uslims! destructing! and promoting the turmoil. n fact! the ra$i intelligence report )as referring to the >ahhabis. >ith ne) freedom in Turkey and (gypt to e*amine their pasts! there is more reason for srael and its supporters! as )ell as the "auds! to suppress the true histories of the /ttoman (mpire! secular Turkey! the origins of srael! and the @ouse of "aud. >ith various players no) angling for )ar )ith ran! the true history of the 08nmeh and their influence on past and current events in the 'iddle (ast becomes more important.