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The Ottoman Empire became a safe haven for Jews from the Iberian Peninsula fleeing persecution (see Alhambra Decree). By the end of the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire had the largest Jewish population in the world, with 150,000 compared to Poland's and non-Ottoman Ukraine's combined figure of 75,000. [2] [3]
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 they were later assimilated into the community of Sephardic Jews who emigrated to the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century from the Iberian Peninsula following persecution by the Spanish Inquisition.
This influx played a pivotal role in shaping the predominant identity of Ottoman Jews. [6] By the end of the sixteenth century, the Jewish population in the Ottoman Empire was double (150,000) that of Jews in Poland and Ukraine combined (75,000), far surpassing other Jewish communities to be the largest in the world.
This category includes Jews who were born in or were active within the Ottoman Empire (1300-1923). Ottoman Jews were of a variety of origins and observances, including Sephardi, Mizrahi, Romaniote, Karaite, and others.
The Golden Horn: Kasskoj or the Jewish ghetto, illustration by Cesare Biseo for the book Constantinople (1878) by Edmondo de AmicisIn the 18th century, the Ottoman Jews of Istanbul suffered economic disadvantages because of growing economic competition with the European-backed Christians, [6] who were able to compete unfairly through a series of special advantages granted to them through ...
In December they expelled up to 6,000 Russian citizens who resided in Jaffa (all were Jewish). [10] They were resettled in Alexandria, Egypt. [11] The Ottoman Empire issued forcible draft of its population into the army, demanding non-citizens (including Jews) to either take Ottoman citizenship before 15 May 1915 or be expelled from the region.
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in the Ottoman Empire" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Jews in Ottoman Palestine under the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1917. See related article Old Yishuv. For Jews of the rest of the Ottoman Empire, notably Constantinople and Selanik (Thessaloniki), see Category:Jews from the Ottoman Empire