British Turks
Politicians
### Politicians

British political figures of Turkish descent include: [Boris Johnson](/wiki/Boris_Johnson "Boris Johnson"), who has served as [Mayor of London](/wiki/Mayor_of_London "Mayor of London"), [Foreign Secretary](/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs") and was formerly the [Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") and whose great\-grandfather was Turkish (although he was half [Circassian](/wiki/Circassians "Circassians") origin); [Baroness](/wiki/Baroness "Baroness") [Meral Hussein\-Ece](/wiki/Meral_Ece "Meral Ece"), the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of the [House of Lords](/wiki/House_of_Lords "House of Lords"); and [Alp Mehmet](/wiki/Alp_Mehmet "Alp Mehmet"), a diplomat who retired in 2009 as the British Ambassador to [Iceland](/wiki/Iceland "Iceland").


Has Boris Johnson's ancestry been discussed previously?