Antisemitic Propaganda In Modern Turkey
Antisemitism in Turkey refers to acts of hostility against Jews in the Republic of Turkey, as well as the promotion of antisemitic views and beliefs in Turkey. Demographics Jews have been living on the territory of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey for more than 2,400 years. Initially, the population consisted of Romaniote Jews of Greek affiliation, but later, they were assimilated into the community of Sephardic Jews, which emigrated from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century after they were persecuted and expelled from Spain and Portugal by the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. Although Jews only comprised slightly more than 0.03% of the entire Turkish population in 2009, the Turkish Republic nevertheless houses one of the largest Jewish communities in the Muslim world. The population of Turkish Jews counted 23,000 individuals that year. Most Jews reside in Istanbul. There are 23 active synagogues in Turkey, including 16 in Istanbul alone. His ...
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