History of the Jews in Istanbul

Ahrida Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul, located in Balat, once a thriving Jewish quarter in the city

Istanbul became one of the world's most important Jewish centers in the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] In marked contrast to Jews in Europe, Ottoman Jews were allowed to work in any profession and could also enter the Ottoman court. Ottoman Jews in Istanbul excelled in commerce and trade and came to dominate the medical profession.[2] Despite making up only 10% of the city population, Jews constituted 62% of licensed doctors in 1600.[1]

History

1453 to 1700

Jewish woman in Istanbul, middle of the 17th century. Engraving by G. la Chapelle from Recueil de divers portraits des principales dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, c. 1650

Before 1453, there were already functioning Karaite and Romaniote communities in Istanbul. Until 1688, the Romaniote community formed the majority in the city (55.6% of all Jews in 1608, 57% in 1623 and 27.8% in 1688).[3] The fabric of the Ottoman Jewish society changed with waves of immigration of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Italian Jews, who all built separate and autonomous congregations. In the 16th and 17th centuries, a significant number of congregations named "Seniora" was founded by the financial support of Gracia Mendes Nasi for the anusim from Portugal settling in Istanbul.[3] Ashkenazi Jews continued to settle in Istanbul in the 15th, 16th, 17th,[3] and 20th centuries, and despite forming only 5.9% of all Jews in the city in 1608, they were slow to assimilate among the Sephardi Jews, who came to form the majority of Jews in Istanbul by 1688.[3]

In this period, there were many Jews who entered the Ottoman court.[4] For instance, Hekim Jacob first entered the Ottoman court as the personal physician to Mehmed II and later became his financial adviser, translator, diplomat to Venice, treasurer, and vizier.[5][4] As a result of this distinguished service, Mehmed II bestowed a tax exemption to Hekim Jacob and his descendants in the Ottoman Empire.[4] Using their political connections, Ottoman Jewish communities also exerted political pressure on foreign countries.[4] For instance, responding to the burning of the anusim in Ancona in 1555, Gracia Mendes Nasi and Joseph Nasi convinced the Ottoman court to ban trade to Ancona and transfer the Ottoman mercantile representatives to the city Pesaro.[4]

1700 to 1800

The Golden Horn: Kasskoj (Hasköy) or the Jewish ghetto, illustration by Cesare Biseo for the book Constantinople (1878) by Edmondo de Amicis

In 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 capitulations of the Ottoman Empire.[7] For instance, the French settlers in the city had many additional economic rights,[6] were protected by foreign ambassadors,[7] and also benefited from preferential tax rates.[7]

Despite the economic decline of the community, local Jews still were in prominent positions. By 1800, Ottoman Jews made up 5% of the city and 27% of all licensed physicians in Istanbul.[8] In the 1700s, using the printing press, books came to be published in Spanish and Ladino.[9]

1800 to 1923

Count Abraham Camondo and his grandson Nissim de Camondo in Paris, c. 1868
Moses Levi, the Chief Rabbi (Hakham Bashi) of Constantinople and of the Ottoman Empire, circa 1880

In the 19th century, there was a general atmosphere of tolerance between Jews and Turks.[10] However, the relations of the Jewish community with Christians were usually bad. Following the death of the Greek Patriarch, the three Jewish physicians who cared for him were lynched, and the subsequent Greek rioting injured an estimated 5,000 Jews. In 1856, a blood libel case occurred at Balat,[11] where a mob of Greeks and Armenians started attacking Jews and looting Jewish businesses.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Epstein, Mark A. (1980). The Ottoman Jewish Communities. ISBN 978-3-879-97077-3.
  2. ^ Bornstein-Makovetsky, Leah (1989). "Jewish Brokers in Constantinople in the 17th Century according to Hebrew Documents". In Toaff, Ariel; Schwarzfuchs, Simon; Horowitz, Elliott S. (eds.). The Mediterranean and the Jews: Banking, finance, and international trade (XVI-XVIII centuries). Bar-Ilan University Press. pp. 75–104. ISBN 978-9-652-26099-4.
  3. ^ a b c d Mantran, Robert (1962). Istanbul dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle.
  4. ^ a b c d e Arbel, Benjamin (September 1, 1995). Trading Nations: Jews and Venetians in the Early Modern Period. Brill Publishers. pp. 13–28. ISBN 978-9-004-10057-2.
  5. ^ Levy, Avigdor (1992). The Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire. Darwin Press. ISBN 978-0-878-50088-8.
  6. ^ a b Rodrigue, Aron (September 22, 1990). French Jews, Turkish Jews. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35021-3.
  7. ^ a b c Issawi, Charles (1980). The Economic History of Turkey, 1800–1914. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-608-09410-6.
  8. ^ McCarthy, J. (1994). Levy, Avigdor (ed.). The Jews of the Ottoman Empire. pp. 380, 387. ISBN 978-0-878-50090-1.
  9. ^ Nassi, Gad, ed. (2001). Jewish Journalism and Printing Houses in the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Isis Press. ISBN 978-9-754-28149-1.
  10. ^ Saul, M. (2001). Tütüncü, Mehmet (ed.). Turkish-Jewish Encounter. pp. 129–167.
  11. ^ Findley, C. V. (1982). Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire. pp. 344–365.
  12. ^ Varol, Marie-Christine (1989). Balat, faubourg juif d'Istanbul. Isis Press. ISBN 978-9-754-28012-8.

Further reading

  • Rozen, Minna. A History of The Jewish Community of Istanbul: The Formative Years (1453–1566), Leiden: Brill, 2002; 2nd edition, 2010.
  • Rozen, Minna. Studies in the History of Istanbul Jewry, 1453-1923: A Journey through Civilizations, Brepols Publishers, 2015.

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