Ironically, Ottoman Jews were better tolerated than their Turkish successors
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in response to reader comment: Jews of Eastern Thrace in Turkey were oppressed, expelled in the 1930s
Submitted by Jon Ozdamar (United States), Oct 3, 2011 at 09:38
Iskender (Alexander),
There is no doubt that Turkish Jews were oppressed in the early years of the Republic. However, this oppression was a slap in the wrist compared to what happened to Jews in the first half of the 20th century. Turkey was one of the few countries that helped Jews in the holocaust. (http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4730_13.htm) Modern politics is pushing Israel into alliance with Greece and Bulgaria, even though both countries enthusiastically gave up their Jews (who they saw as unwanted vestiges from the Ottoman era) to the Nazis
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