Home›Sources›The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)SourcesThe Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)Marc David Baer, Stanford University Press, 2010Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-donme-baer-2010.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-donme-baer-2010Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-donme-jewish-converts-muslim-revolut, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-donme-baer-2010}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMarc David Baer's "The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks" (Stanford University Press, 2010), the standard scholarly account of the Donmeh community, confirmed via its American Historical Review peer review 2026-08-16. States that 10,000 to 15,000 Donmeh were forced to leave Salonica for Turkey in the 1923-24 Greek-Turkish population exchange, and that no more than a hundred remained in Salonica by 1924. Used here for the 1923-24 figure.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier one: the standard scholarly monograph on the Donmeh, published by an academic press and reviewed in the American Historical Review, Cambridge's AJS Review and Reviews in Religion and Theology; its content confirmed here via the American Historical Review's peer review of the book rather than the book's own scanned text.CitationAuthorWell-attestedMarc David BaerPublisherWell-attestedStanford University PressPublication YearWell-attested2010Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithTurkey, Countries Well-attested This source names Turkey directly: "were forced to leave Salonica for Turkey in the 1923-24 Greek-Turkish population exchange, and that no more than a hundred remained in Salonica by 1924."Source The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)Marc David Baertier 1Turkish, Languages Well-attested This source names Turkish directly: "for Turkey in the 1923-24 Greek-Turkish population exchange, and that no more than a hundred remained in Salonica by 1924."Source The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)Marc David Baertier 1Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.New Religious Movements, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested9New Religious MovementsDonmehSourcesThe Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)Holds2SourcesThe Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks (Baer, 2010)General References1New Religious MovementsDonmehComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year