Turkey: Jewish Community Under Pressure | European Journal

Jewish communities in the Middle East have contracted dramatically in recent decades - apart from a small community in Teheran and a larger one in Turkey,which is well integrated into the Muslim country.500 years ago,Sephardic Jews fled the Spanish Inquisition and settled in the Ottoman Empire. Today,the community numbers some 26,000 members. It still publishes its own newspaper,called Shalom ,runs a hospital,a retirement home and a dozen synagogues. Traditionally,Turkey has been among Israel's allies,but the fighting in Gaza has put a severe strain on the relationship. Istanbul's Jewish community is feeling the tension.

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[bosphorate]

how funny that westerns make up such documanteries with a subtitle "jewish community under pressure" we have been always kicked by europeans and welcome by turks during time.watch "desperate hours" documentary and learn the truth

[TURKKNCL]

Says, deutsche welle... Obviously, Germans are busy with creating "criminal brothers" because of the embarassments of their own history.

[Suikastify]

@happyZebani ben alman degillim ama orada yasiyorum ;D ama "should we kill you like uncivilized jewish rats did to you for to get double visas? " bunla ne demekistedigini anlamadim, cünkü almanya dogmus buyumussen 23 yasina kadar zaman var hanki vatandasligi alicagina ve bu herkez icin gecerler, yari alman ve yari baska birseysen cifte vatandas olabiliyorsun

[firstonethrough]

watch important video:

Turkish hypocrisy - Erdogan threatens Israel

[happyZebani]

@Suikastify but still in germany Turkish citizens could not have double visas for Turkey and Germany while german hunter ugly jewish rats could get without no doubt about it. should we kill you like uncivilized jewish rats did to you for to get double visas? Turks in germany are not gonna live there forever. if you want them to leave germany you should not cut their bonds from Turkey.

[happyZebani]

jews are kicked out by every civilized world- egypt, rome empire, spain, russia, germany. that is why ottomans could not lasted as long as egypt etc... the cause ottomans accepted to help them is due to ottomans law entellectualism and intelligence.

[12081985]

@2912770 for you maybe not, but for the most it is good man

[JohnTheHutDweller]

and why were the Jews kicked out of spain?

[2912770]

Ottoman Empire was good, Erdogan isn't!

[MrDenocan]

1:48 I cannot believe that mans arrogance. Special law for Jewish people? One of the reasons Turkish constitution created was to remove the understanding of minority and creat a society of citizens. Why would we create law exclusively for Jeish citizens? They are no better or worse than any other citizens of Turkey

They are a citizen like any other.