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Place in Turkey

What happened to the Jews in Istanbul (Constantinople)

19 events, 692 AD to 2003 AD

7th century

  1. 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. 1600–1699 AD Soldiery burn Jewish quarters of Constantinople · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

17th century

  1. 1663 AD Accusation against Jews in Istanbul · Istanbul, Turkey

18th century

  1. 1728 AD Jews forced out of the Baluk Bazar area of Constantinople · Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

19th century

  1. 1840 AD Release of Damascus prisoners and declaration of innocence · Alexandria, Egypt and elsewhere

20th century

  1. 1955 AD Jews among victims of anti-Greek riots in Istanbul (1955) · Istanbul, Turkey
  2. 1964 AD Jews among victims of anti-Greek riots in Istanbul (1964) · Istanbul, Turkey
  3. 1986 AD Attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue · Istanbul, Turkey
  4. 1986 AD Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre · Istanbul, Turkey
  5. 1992 AD Synagogue attacked in Istanbul, Turkey · Istanbul, Turkey

21st century

  1. 2003 AD 2003 Istanbul bombings · Istanbul, Turkey

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