That's not true, either. They didn't use the ENGLISH word Palestine, but they did refer to the region as "filastin ülkesi" - The Land of Palestine.
If your arguments are going to be this weak, you shouldn't really waste my time.
Didn't I hear you guys say that when Saddam was deposed?
And before that when he lost the first Gulf War?
They referred to the region as Southern Syria. That’s why Assad and all Arab leaders also openly mocked and laughed at the idea of a Palestine or Palestinian people. What I’ve found is you pro Pali lunatics are always promulgating hate and bullshit and are devoid of facts and actual history. You think you can bully the world using terrorism, rioting and chaos into accepting your fake Palestine. The Ottomans did invite the Jews to resettle in Israel about 600 years ago, and even then, there was a PREEXISTING Jewish community that lived in Israel before that. That is a fact.
Following the 1492 expulsion, Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II officially invited Sephardic Jews to settle anywhere in his empire, including the Levant
(then under Ottoman control). Many Spanish Jews and refugees from Europe found safety in cities like Jerusalem, Safed, and Damascus, where their populations grew significantly.
Key Details of the Ottoman Invitation:
- Official Welcome: Sultan Bayezid II issued proclamations welcoming the refugees and sent the Ottoman navy to assist them.
- Settlement Areas: While many settled in European provinces like Salonica, significant numbers migrated to the Levant, increasing the Jewish population in Safed and Jerusalem.
- Motivation: The Ottoman Empire sought to boost economic development and encouraged skilled, educated refugees to strengthen the empire.
- Protection: The Sultan threatened harsh penalties for local governors who did not treat the Jewish refugees well
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At the time of
the Ottoman conquests, Anatolia had already been home to communities of
Byzantine Jews. The Ottoman Empire became a safe haven for Jews from the
Iberian Peninsula fleeing persecution (see
Alhambra Decree). By the end of the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire had the largest Jewish population in the world, with 150,000 compared to
Poland's and non-Ottoman
Ukraine's combined figure of 75,000.
The
First and
Second Aliyah brought an increased Jewish presence tonthe Levant. The Ottoman
successor state of modern Turkey continues to be home to a
small Jewish population today.
In addition to the already existent Jewish population in the lands the Ottomans conquered, many more Jews were given refuge after the
expulsion of Jews from Spain under the reign of
Beyezid II.
An influx of Jews into
Asia Minor and the Ottoman Empire, occurred during the reign of Mehmed the Conquerors's successor,
Beyazid II (1481–1512), after the
expulsion of the Jews from
Spain and
Portugal. The expulsion came about as a result of the
Alhambra Decree in 1492, declared by the Spanish King and Queen
Ferdinand II and
Isabelle I as part of a larger trend of antisemitism resurging throughout Europe that the Ottomans would exploit. The
Sephardic Jews were allowed to settle in the wealthier cities of the empire, especially in the
European provinces (cities such as
Istanbul,
Sarajevo,
Salonica,
Adrianopleand
Nicopolis), Western and Northern
Anatolia (
Bursa,
Aydın,
Tokat and
Amasya) but also in the
Mediterranean coastal regions (such as
Jerusalem,
Safed,
Damascus and
Egypt).
İzmir was not settled by Spanish Jews until later. The Jewish population at Jerusalem increased from 70 families in 1488 to 1,500 at the beginning of the 16th century, and that of Safed increased from 300 to 2,000. Damascus had a Sephardic congregation of 500 families. Istanbul had a Jewish community of 30,000 individuals with
44 synagogues. Bayezid allowed the Jews to live on the banks of the
Golden Horn. Egypt, especially
Cairo, received a large number of the exiles, who soon . Gradually, the chief centre of the Sephardic Jews became
Salonica, where they soon outnumbered the pre-existing
Romaniote Jewish community. In fact, the Sephardic Jews eclipsed and absorbed the Romaniot Jews and changed the culture and the structure of Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire. In the centuries that followed, the Ottomans reaped the benefits of the Jewish communities that they adopted. In exchange for Jews contributing their talents for the benefit of the empire, they would be rewarded well. Compared to European laws, which restricted life for all Jews, that was a significant opportunity, which drew Jews from across the Mediterranean.