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What happened to the Jews in Turkey

63 events, 142 BC to 2003 AD

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Cities, towns and sites in Turkey

Timeline

2nd century BC

  1. 142 BC Antioch burned by Jonathan's soldiers during revolt · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey

1st century

  1. 66 AD Violence against the Jews of Antioch at the outbreak of the Roman war · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey

3rd century

  1. c. 250–270 AD Sapor I slaughters 12,000 Jews at Mazaga (Caesarea) · Kayseri (Caesarea Mazaca), Turkey

4th century

  1. 325 AD Council of Nicea separates Easter from Passover · İznik (Nicaea), Turkey
  2. c. 360 AD Sapor II orders Jews of Van taken captive to Aspahan · Van, Turkey

5th century

  1. 423 AD Antiochians deprive Jews of their synagogue · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
  2. c. 474–491 AD Green faction murders Jews and burns synagogue in Antioch · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey

6th century

  1. 505 AD Massacre of the Jews of Tella · Viranşehir (Tella), Turkey
  2. 507 AD Massacre of the Jews of Antioch by Kalliopas · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey

7th century

  1. 610 AD Banishment of the Jews from Antioch · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
  2. 610 AD Governor Bonosus slays many Jews of Antioch · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
  3. 610 AD Phocas attempts forced baptism of Jews · Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
  4. 692 AD Quinisext Council · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

8th century

  1. 721–722 AD Leo III forces Jews of Constantinople to leave or be baptized · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

9th century

  1. c. 886–911 AD Leo VI restores religious freedom to the Jews · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

11th century

  1. 1042 AD Jews banished for supporting Zoe and Theodora · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
  2. c. 1060 AD Jews transferred to suburb of Galata-Pera · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

12th century

  1. c. 1143–1180 AD Manuel Comnenus returns Jews to municipal jurisdiction · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
  2. 1180–1183 AD Jews killed in riot against Western merchants · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

15th century

  1. 1453 AD Jewish quarter burned by the Turks · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
  2. 1453 AD Mohammed the Conqueror grants Jews equal rights · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

16th century

  1. c. 1580–1599 AD Attempt to remove Jews from Bursa market shops · Bursa, Turkey
  2. 1592 AD Blood libel in Bursa and exile of eight Jews to Rhodes · Bursa, Turkey
  3. 1592 AD Exile of eight Bursa Jews to Rhodes · Bursa, Turkey
  4. c. 1600–1699 AD Soldiery burn Jewish quarters of Constantinople · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

17th century

  1. c. 1640–1649 AD Massacre of Ashkenazic Jews under Ibrahim I · Turkey
  2. 1663 AD Accusation against Jews in Istanbul · Istanbul, Turkey
  3. 1695–1703 AD Mustafa II multiplies legal disabilities of Jews in Turkey · Turkey

18th century

  1. 1702 AD Law on Jewish footwear and headcoverings · Turkey
  2. 1728 AD Jews forced out of the Baluk Bazar area of Constantinople · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
  3. 1772 AD Burning of all synagogues in Smyrna · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  4. c. 1775–1799 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (late 18th century) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey

19th century

  1. 1840 AD Abolition of Jewish legal disabilities in Turkey · Turkey
  2. 1840 AD Release of Damascus prisoners and declaration of innocence · Alexandria, Egypt and elsewhere
  3. c. 1850 AD Ritual murder libel against the Jews of Scala Nova · Kuşadası (Scala Nova), Turkey
  4. 1851 AD Burning of the Etz Hayyim synagogue in Bursa · Bursa, Turkey
  5. 1864 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1864) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  6. 1865 AD Blood libel and riot in Bursa Jewish quarter · Bursa, Turkey
  7. 1871–1872 AD Blood libels against the Jews of Edirne · Edirne, Turkey
  8. 1872 AD Greek attack on the Jewish quarter of Smyrna · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  9. 1872 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1872) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  10. 1872 AD Ritual murder calumny against the Jews of Adrianople · Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey
  11. 1874 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1874) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  12. 1876 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1876) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  13. 1882 AD Ottoman ban on Jewish refuge in Palestine · Turkey and elsewhere
  14. 1883 AD Blood libel against the Jews of Manisa (1883) · Manisa, Turkey
  15. 1888 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1888) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  16. 1893 AD Blood libel against the Jews of Manisa (1893) · Manisa, Turkey

20th century

  1. 1901 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Smyrna (1901) · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  2. 1903 AD Ritual murder outbreak in Smyrna · İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey
  3. 1934 AD 1934 Thrace pogroms · Tekirdağ, Turkey
  4. 1942–1943 AD Capital tax (varlik vergisi) discriminates against non-Muslims · Turkey
  5. 1943 AD Arrests and deportations to labor camps over unpaid capital tax · Turkey
  6. 1944 AD Capital tax cancelled and detainees released · Turkey
  7. 1948 AD Jews permitted again to teach Hebrew and religion · Turkey
  8. 1948–1949 AD Temporary ban on Jewish emigration · Turkey
  9. 1955 AD Attacks on Jewish shops in Izmir during Cyprus demonstrations · Izmir, Turkey
  10. 1955 AD Jews among victims of anti-Greek riots in Istanbul (1955) · Istanbul, Turkey
  11. 1964 AD Jews among victims of anti-Greek riots in Istanbul (1964) · Istanbul, Turkey
  12. 1986 AD Attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue · Istanbul, Turkey
  13. 1986 AD Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre · Istanbul, Turkey
  14. 1992 AD Synagogue attacked in Istanbul, Turkey · Istanbul, Turkey

21st century

  1. 2003 AD 2003 Istanbul bombings · Istanbul, Turkey

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