A Jewish community comprised of many Jews from Salonica who have remained Turkish subjects is about to be formed in Angora, according to reports reaching here.
The situation of the Jews in Angora is described in glowing terms by a Salonica correspondent who recently visited Angora.
“The Jews of Angora are a pleasure to see,” he wrote. “If there are no rich men among them, there are at the same time no poor. Each Jew possesses at least his own house, and all earn their living as workmen or small traders. They are very well thought of by the Turks, those coming from Salonica being the most favored.
“To be from Salonica is a great advantage in Angora, and Mustapha Kemal, the Gozi, was born in Salonica and passed many years of his youth and the beginning of his military career there.
“The Jews of Salonica, when they settle in Angora, are always careful to publish their origin. Capital can be made out of it. The Gozi himself sets the example, showing himself a great friend of the Jews.
“Four Jews, one of whom is married to a Salonica woman, hold responsible posts in the administration of his private property. Another Jew from Salonica, now established in Angora as a worker in tin, enjoys the preference of the Head of the Nation whenever orders are to be executed for the Palace, and has several times received presents from the Gozi, who never fails to show his sympathy for the Salonicans of Angora.”
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