UK's next PM Johnson's Ottoman roots: Sarıoğlangiller

Boris Johnson's family roots reach back to an Ottoman interior minister Ali Kemal. 

Johnson’s great-grandfather, Ali Kemal, was an Ottoman journalist and politician. He served for three months as the interior minister in the government of Damat Ferit Pasha. He also held the post of education minister. Ali Kemal’s father, Hadji Ahmet Rıza Efendi was born in Çankırı’s Kalfat village, in 1813. An opponent of the 1919-1923 Turkish War of Independence, Kemal lived in exile in Europe.

“This family has members that can lead the world. This honored us and made us proud,” said Mustafa Bal, a resident of the village of Kalfat in the Orta district of Çankırı.

Bal also said that amongst the Kalfat residents, Johnson’s family is called “Sarıoğlangiller,” meaning the sons of the blonde ones.



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