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      TURKS&JEWS IN THE WORLD HISTORY-
      TWO ANCIENT PEOPLES THE CHILDREN
OF MOSES


    Part of the Turkish&Jewish World - History

1000 - 1050

-  Jews welcome the Turks like before in their world history and in Asia Minor (Turkey) 1013

 1250 - 1300

1 - 1250-1300:  The (1) first liberation of the Jews and Jewish descent from Christian oppression and rulers in Iznik/Turkey (Nicea) „Ottoman Empire“.

And  the (2) second liberation of th Jews and Jewish descent from  Christian oppression and rulers in Bursa/Turkey during the early „Ottoman Empire“.

Instead endless repression, persecution, humiliation and death, the liberation, freedom, justice and equal rights from the Ottoman rulers Emperor Sultan Osman 1st Gazi Khan.

The great Jewish community and the Ottoman rulers building together their first Synagoge, - the Etz Chaim in Bursa (Turkey) with the Ottoman Emperor Sultan Orhan 1st Gazi Khan



The Ottoman Turks&Jews and their 1
'st Synagoge, - in Asia Minor the
Etz Chaim in Bursa/Turkey 1250-1300

After several years,- recommendation of the Ottoman Emperor Sultan Orhan 1st Gazi Khan“ - The Otoman rulers, Jews and Christians building together their First chapel for Moslems, Jews and Christians (3) faiths in Bursa (Turkey).

1347 - 1348

2 - 1348: (Switzerland 1294*) The Jews and Jewish descent, men, woman, children expelled from Switzerland fleeing persecution, slaughter, torture and being burnt live at the stake, it was forbidden by law to enter Switzerland until 19'th century.

  1349 - 1350

3 - 1350: (Switzerland 1294*) The Jews and Jewish descent, men, woman, children expelled for the second time from Switzerland fleeing persecution, slaughter, torture and being burnt live at the stake, were forbidden by law to enter Switzerland until 19'th century.

  1376 - 1377

4 - 1376: In Hungary the great expulsion of Jews and Jewish descent fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, protection and shelter in the „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

  1394 - 1395

5 - 1394:  In France King Charles VI. ordered in September 1394 the great expulsion of Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter, many of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

1420 - 1421

6 - 1420-1421: In Austria the most terrible pogroms (Genozide) ever in Europe in middle ages, Vienna's Jews and Jewish descent were expelled and murdered, repression, humiliation, slaughter, torture and being burnt live at the stake, many committed collective suicide, immolating themselves together with their synagogue and fleeing persecution, many of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the new  „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

Until 1624 Jews and Jewish descent were not allowed to enter and settle in Vienna, it was clean of Jews and Jewish descent.

  1423 - 1424

7 - 1423: Greece under Venetian control: the great expulsion of Jews and Jewish descent fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

  1424 - 1425

8 - 1424: In Cologne/Germany crusade and great expulsion against innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the new „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

1453 - 1454

9 - 1453: In Constantinopel the (3) third liberation of the Jews and Jewish descent from the brutal and cruel Christian oppression and rulers in Constantinopel (Istanbul),- by the unique and young Emperor „Fatih Sultan Mehmet 1st Khan“.

The notion of „liberation“ and „Freedom“ was invented and declared in Constantinopel (1452:) by the Jews.

Under Christian rulers and constitution, Jews did not have any freedom or liberty.

(The Real liberation and freedom for the great Jewish community came in the year 1453: by Ottoman rulers with new constitution and the city name of Istanbul in (Turkey).

1470 - 1471 

10 - 1470:  In Bavaria/Germany King Ludwig X ordered immediately the great expulsion of Jews and Jewish descent. Jews fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter: Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“ (Turkey).

1490 - 1491 

11 - 1490-1492: Spain and France closing their borders, the Edict of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain orders the inquisition and burning at the stake of all helpless Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent, persecution, repression, humiliation,  slaughter and torture.

The great Ottoman Emperor Sultan Beyazıt 1st Khan wrote a letter to Queen Isabella of Spain with an order to release and liberate all the Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent. By not doing so the Ottoman Empire would declare war to Spain. In the same time he stated with an official declaration in 1492: (Ferman) that all Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent are Ottoman Citizens and belong to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman naval-fleet brought all the Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent from Spain and Portugal to the Ottoman Empire, which took almost one year. The countless victims could settle in any places of the Ottoman Empire soil as a free man, person and citizen of the Empire, mostly in places like Istanbul, Selanik (Saloniki), Izmir, Antalya, Bodrum, Marmaris and so on.

To integrate the new countless citizens, families and children from Spain and Portugal in to the Ottoman Empire and society, the victims received financial support, land to live to build a house and cultivate, they found all a safe haven in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).

The Welcome to the Ottoman Empire 1492 of the countless Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent from Spain at the harbour by the Ottoman Emperor Sultan Beyazıt 1st Khan

1497 - 1498 „ “

12 - 1497:  In Portugal the great expulsion against innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection. The Ottoman naval-fleet brought the victims to the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1500 - 1501 

13 - 1500-1501  In Sicily - Italy the great expulsion against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection and they were brought in with the Ottoman naval-fleet to the „Ottoman Empire“ soil. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1501 - 1502 

14 - 1501: In France the second great expulsion and crusade against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent. Jews fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection they were brought in with the Ottoman naval-fleet to the „Ottoman Empire“ soil. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

  1520 - 1521

15 - 1520:  In Saloniki/Greece the second great expulsion against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter. Some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection and they were brought in with the Ottoman naval-fleet to the „Ottoman Empire“ soil. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

  1537 - 1538

16 - 1537: The city of Apulia (Italy) fell under the Pope’s respectively Vatican’s control: the third great expulsion of helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter - some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection and they were brought in with the Ottoman naval-fleet to the „Ottoman Empire“ soil. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

  1542 - 1543

17 - 1542:  In Bohemia order by „King Ferdinand“ the great expulsion against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter - some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1556 - 1557 

18 - 1556:  In Ancona/Italy and Vatican/Italy in March (1556) by an order of the Vatican and namely Pope Paul IV.“ The great expulsion against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent in addition persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter.

The Emperor Sultan Suleyman 1st Khan. (The Law maker and Magnificent) writes a letter to Pope Paul IV. Vatican/Italy.

(1) The immediate release of all Ancona and Marrano Jews and Jewish descent from Italy.

(2) He declares (Ferman) that all Ancona and Marrano Jews and Jewish descent in Italy are Ottoman Empire citizens.

(3) By not doing so would be followed a declaration of  war. Finally, all Jews and Jewish descent were released and found a safe haven, shelter and protection and they came with the Ottoman naval-fleet in to the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1670 - 1671 

19 - 1670-1671: Austria  by order of  the   Emperor „King Leopold  I.  the Jews and Jewish descent in Vienna were again expelled, repression, humiliation and slaughter and fleeing persecution,- some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1850 - 1856 

20 - 1850-1856:  In Caucasia by order of the Armenians and Russians the great expulsion against helpless and innocent Ashkenazim, Mountain-Jews, Jewish descent Turkish-Jews and Circassians, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter (The forgotten Genozide) - some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1915 - 1916 

21 - 1915:  In Crimea Island / Black Sea, by Russians, Ukraines and Armenians the great expulsion against helpless and innocent Crimean-Jews and Jewish descent, Tatars and Circassians fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter (The forgetton Genozide) - some of them found a safe haven, shelter and protection in the „Ottoman Empire“. Two ancient peoples in an ancient land (Turkey).

1918 - 1919

22 - 1918: In Caucasia by Armenians and Russians the expulsion of Jews and jewish descent, fleeing persecution and slaughter some of them found a safe haven in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). First hand information evidence of Armenian atrocities against Jews and Jewish descent,- approximately three to seven thousand families, woman, children and elderly have been brutaly and cruely murdered, executed,  in Caucasia and Khazar area.

The real amount is higher and under research. Proven by the writer and Historian Elihu Ben Levi, Haham Albert, J. Amateau, Rachel Bortnick, Prof. John Dewey, Dr. Moshe Dayan, Prof. Dr. Ishak Goldman. USA and by the great Jewish community in Caucasia, Yad Vashem Israel and Prof. Dr. Lenny Ben David Israel.The forgotten Genozide in Caucasia 1918-1919.

  1933 - 1945

23 - 1933-1945:  In Europe during the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. Millions of helpless European Jews, Jewish descent, Turkish citizens, former Turkish citizens and Turkish descent Jews&Turks, innocent children, woman, the elderly experience the unexpected great expulsion.

Fleeing persecution, torture, slaughter and deportation to the concentrations camps and death camps, the mass murdering in gas chambers in Nazi-Germany, Nazi-Allies countries and by Nazi-occupied European countries like Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Danmark, (former Yugoslavia), (former Czechoslovakia), Norway, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and in Caucasia 1943-1945 by Armenians, local Grasper, Collaborators, Gestapo, SS and Nazi-German armed forces.The forgotten part of the Holocaust - Shoa in Caucasia 1933-1945.

  1933 - 1945

24 - 1933-1945: In Europe during the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. in Nazi-Germany, Nazi-Allies countries and by Nazi-occupied European countries the helpless and innocent victims, all kind of very talented elite men and women, Jews and Jewish descent Professors, Scientists, Doctors, Surgeons, Artists, Physicists, all kind of Managers, Lawyers, Teachers, Designers, Musicians, Theatre, Balee, Businessmen, Chemists, Economists, Roman Theatre, Linguists, Dentists,  Art Directors, Historians, Political Scientists, Medicines, Biologists, Painters, all kind of Directors, Architects, Philologs, Engineers, Poets, Writers, Bankers, Mathematicians and all kind of scholars and people found a safe haven from the darkness of Nazi-Germany Nazi-occupied and Nazi-friendly European countries in those days in a ancient land: the two ancient peoples (Turkey).

To bear in remembrance unique „Mustafa Kemal Atatürk“ President and founder of Turkish Republic as a single leader and state-man saved with his country countless European victims, Jews, Jewish descent, families, children and elderly during the Holocaust - Shoah 1933-1945.

1943 - 1945 

25 - 1943-1945:  In Caucasia the forgotten (Genozide) during the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. The innocent and helpless Ashkenaz-Jews, Crimean-Jews, Mountain-Jews and Turkish-Jews and Jewish descent: expulsion, persecution, slaughter of countless murdered victims in Caucasia and the deportation to death camps by the Armenian volunteers with the Nazi-German armed forces, SS, Gestapo, Collaborators and local armenian grasper,- hunting Jews and Jewish descent.

Proven by the writer and Historian Elihu Ben Levi, Haham Albert, J. Amateau, Rachel Bortnick, Prof. John Dewey, Dr. Moshe Dayan, Prof. Dr. Ishak Goldman USA and by the great Jewish community in Caucasia, Yad Vashem Israel and Prof. Dr. Lenny Ben David Israel. The forgotten part of the Holocaust - Shoa in Caucasia 1933-1945.

1933 - 1945

26 - 1933-1945:  In Europe,- the life saving rescue mission by the unique Turkish Diplomats, Consuls, and Diplomatic Corps, for example by name the (25) known Turkish Ambassadors and Consuls, in Nazi - Germany, Nazi - Allies countries and Nazi -  occupied European countries. The snatch from Holocaust - Shoa, countless Turkish Citizens, former Turkish citizens and Turkish descent Jews&Turks and the helpless European Jews and Jewish descent from all European countries have been saved as much as possible, by the unique Turkish Diplomats, Consuls, and Diplomatic Corps, to mention few: in (France, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Holland, Russia, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Serbia, Monte Negro, Croatia, Macedonia) and former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia).

They found a safe haven from the darkness of Nazi-Germany, Nazi-Allies countries and Nazi-occupied European countries in those days in an ancient land: two ancient peoples (in Turkey).

1933 - 1945 

27 - 1933-1945:  In Romania the great expulsion against helpless and innocent Jews and Jewish descent, fleeing persecution, repression, humiliation and slaughter, some of them flee through Black Sea with any floatable vessel to Turkish soil to find a save haven in those dark days, in an ancient land: two ancient peoples. (In Turkey).

1941-1945: In Greece the great expulsion of countless, helpless and innocent Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent,- the former Ottoman and Turkish citizens from Spain and Portugal, who were mainly living in Saloniki, Athens and in  the Island of  Hios, Kos, Limnos, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Samos, Lesbos, Psara, Ikaria and 12 Islands.

When (Greece was for ages a part of the Ottoman Empire) countless Jews and Jewish descent, victims were fleeing for ages from persecution and slaughter from many European countries to the Ottoman Empire soil, the Ottoman Emperor families has always saved lives of Jews and Jewish descent through the ages:, they could always settle any place in that time in the Empire as a free man and citizens.

In 1933-1945 during the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. began again in Greece the great and sad expulsion against the helpless and innocent Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent,- the former Ottoman and Turkish citizens persecution, repression, humiliation, slaughter and deportation to death camps.

 

1941-1945: In Greece/Saloniki (Selanik) were living at that time about 130.000 Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent, the former Ottoman citizens and Turkish descent (those from Spain and Portugal that were saved by the Ottoman Emperor from the inquisition and burning live at stake), during the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. those helpless and innocent victims, children, woman, men and elderly who could not flee, were deported to death camps and concentration camps by Nazi-Armed forces, SS, Gestapo, by domestic catcher and collaborators.

The Greeks believed that all Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent were spies for the Turks and had been  brought in by the Turks during the ages from 1492-1900,- they betrayed and handed over all Jews and Jewish descent to the Nazis, SS and Gestapo during the Holocaust - Shoah.

It was the second time (after Spain 1492) for the Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent in Greece the lost of their wealth, houses, land, buildings, factories, offices, restaurants, savings, bank accounts, insurances, objects of art and so on, it was all taken away and confiscated by natives while they were deported to death camps like Auschwitz and never come back.

1945: The victims were from cities like Athens, Saloniki (Selanik) the Island of Hios, Kos, Limnos, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Samos, Lesbos, Psara, Ikaria and 12 further Islands,- as the natives in Greece called“ clean of Sephardic-Jews, Jewish-descent and Turkish-Jews”

The death- camps and concentration- camps in Greece few to mention were, Haidari,  Saloniki, Ioannina, Athen, Korfu, Rhodos, and so on.

 

*1933-1945: In Greece during the Holocaust Shoah countless innocent and helpless Sephardic-Jews and Jewish descent fleeing from main land and from many Islands with their families and children to Turkey,- through the Aegean-Sea with any floatable vessel to Turkish soil to find in those dark days a save haven, in an ancient land the two ancient peoples (In Turkey).

1933 - 1945

28 - 1933-1945:  During the Holocaust - Shoa and World War II. countless Christian families fleeing from persecution, slaughter and deportation to the death camps, for example:- (1200 families with their children from Nazi- Austria), from Nazi- Germany, Nazi- ally Switzerland, Nazi- ally Vichy France and from many European countries to find a save haven and to survive in Turkey.

To bear in remembrance unique „Mustafa Kemal Atatürk“ President and founder of the Turkish Republic saved as a single leader and state-man with his country during the Holocaust - Shoah 1933-1945 countless victims of European Christian and Christian descent, their families and children. There is no other comparable leader or country and civilisation in the world history.

1933 - 1945

29 - 1933-1945: In Turkey and Europe the countless rescue mission through countless Turkish Businessmen and Turkish people for the victims during the Holocaust - Shoa 1933-1945 and World War II.

Turkey invited and snatched from Nazi-Germany, Nazi-ally countries and Nazi-occupied European countries countless and helpless refugees, men, woman, children and elderly they received in Turkey the utmost help and support. For example the remarkable,

Mr. Vehbi Koç 1940

helped and organized,- (shelter, medicine, food, money, identity papers, passport, doctor, hospital, cloth and shoes) saving lives of countless innocent and helpless victims and children to survive in Turkey.

Mr. Vehbi Koç never mentioned how many lives he saved during the Holocaust - Shoa 1933-1945 and World War II. Being asked he said that the Turkish culture forbade any show off to measure or count in helpless human lives. (we estimate about some thousands of souls).

30 - 1931-1938: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk the founder of the Turkish Republic, brought many and various scientists, scholars, women and men from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and from other European countries into the land in the beginning of 1931 during the great national education reform in Turkey and they were all integrated in the educational system.  

1931 - 1936    

 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
To bear in remembrance Turkish citizens the victims during the Holocaust - Shoa

1933:  In the beginning of February 1933 when Hitler came to power, Nazi-Germany started to persecute all the very talented Jews and Jewish descent, the elite men and women, scientists, scholars the victims for deportation to kill all of them in the death camps.

In the same time Mustafa Kemal Atatürk advised his foreign scientists and scholars which were integrated since 1931 in Turkey, to call up their friends and organisations in Europe,- to snatch the helpless victims from the Holocaust - Shoah (Death Camps) to bring them in to Turkey,- and they saved one more time countless lives.

In addition Mustafa Kemal Atatürk warns his scientist friends and his close friend  General Douglas Mc. Arthur who visited him many times in Ankara and Istanbul/Turkey, with the beginning of the Holocaust - Shoah 1933 in Nazi-Germany and Europe,- he pointed soon the beginning of World War II. by Nazi-Germany which will put America in a very difficult situation, but Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died in November 10, 1938.

General Douglas Mc. Arthur
Friend of unique
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

To bear in remembrance Mustafa Kemal Atatürk- the President and founder of the modern Turkish Republic as a single leader and Stateman,- saved with his country countless European Jews and Jewish descent, Christians and Christian descent, their families, children, woman, men, elderly, sick people and refugees during the Holocaust - Shoah 1933-1945. There is no other comparable leader or country in the world history (General Douglas Mc. Arthur).

31 - To bear in remembrance over the centuries Turkey has always been a place of refuge for peoples and folks who were in trouble elsewhere, even before and when the Ottoman Empire was established.

In the 12'th Century Jews and Jewish descent have been persecuted not only in Spain, but in all of Western Europe, for example in Switzerland 1294 - 1945.

Europes future generation, will it find again a save haven in Turkey in those dark days?

The Statement, Explanatory notes, quotations, supporting documents and pictures have been made by: - official research, world historians, writer, surviver of the Holocaust - Shoa, relatives of the Holocaust - Shoa victims, Dr. Elihu Ben Levi, Prof. Haham Albert, Dr. J. Amateau, Prof. Rachel Bortnick, Prof. Dr. John Dewey, Prof. Kuratör Dr. Naim Güleryüz, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Dayan, Dr. İshak Bezek USA, Yad Vashem İsrael, 500 Yıl Vakfı, the Vatikan, the World Quincentennial Foundation, Curator, Historian and Autor Dr. Harry Ojalvo, Prof. Dr. S. Shaw, Prof. Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Prof. Dr. Sinasi Orel, Prof. Dr. Benbassa Esther, Dr. Gabriel Arié 1863-1939, Dr. A. Rodrigue, Dr. J.-C. Attias, The Moses Mendelssohn Centrum, Prof. Dr. SR. Efraim Zuroff, Prof. Dr. Lenny Ben David, Dr. Şaul Friedlander, Diplomats, Contemporary witness of the Holocaust-Shoa, countless world Jewish organisations, the Sefardim org.- the Ashkinazim org.- the Mizrahim org.-, the Karayim org.- and Turkish world organisations etc.

 

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