1934 Thrace Pogroms
The 1934 Thrace Pogroms refers to a series of violent attacks on Jews in the Thrace region of Turkey from June to July 1934.[1] According to Corry Guttstadt, the 1934 Turkish Resettlement Law passed by the Turkish Assembly, was a "crucial factor". [2]
Contents
Background
The Pograms had origins in writings by Turkish Fascists such as Cevat Rifat Atilhan and Faik Kurdoglu that were published in the Mili Inkilap magazine. [3]
Pogroms
Incidents against Jews started in the second half of 1934 in the city of Canakkale.[4] Attacks also occurred in the cities of Tekirdag, Edirne, Kirklareli. [5]
Buildings were looted and burned by Turkish Muslims and it was even rumored that a rabbi was chased naked through the street and his daughter raped.[6] 1 person was killed in the Pogroms.[7]
Aftermath
Over 15,000 Turkish Jews had to flee the region. [8]
References
- ↑ Pekesen, Birna (2019). "The AntiJewish Pogrom in 1934 Problems of Historiography Terms and Methodology". In Krawietz, Birgit; Riedler, Florian (eds.). The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 430
- ↑ Guttstadt, Corry (2013). Turkey, the Jews, and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. pp. 65–66.
- ↑ Rifat Bali, 1934 Trakya Olayları, 2008
- ↑ Benbassa, Esther (2001). Türkiye ve Balkan Yahudileri tarihi : (14.-20. yüzyıllar) = Juifs des Balkans espaces Judéo-Ibériques, XIVe-XXe-siècles (1 ed.). İstanbul: İletişim. pp. 242–244.
- ↑ Özkimirli, Umut; Sofos, Spyros A (2008). Tormented by history: nationalism in Greece and Turkey. Columbia University Press. p. 167
- ↑ https://njop.org/thrace-pogroms/
- ↑ Pekesen, Birna (2019). "The AntiJewish Pogrom in 1934 Problems of Historiography Terms and Methodology". In Krawietz, Birgit; Riedler, Florian (eds.). The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 430
- ↑ Guttstadt, Corry (2013). Turkey, the Jews, and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. pp. 65–66.
