Abraham Mayer, a Spanish citizen, has teen ordered to leave Turkey within a week because he is charged with conducting Zionist activities and encouraging emigration of Turkish Jews to Israel, it was reported here today.
Mayer has been residing in Turkey for the last two years. Recently he left for a brief visit to Israel. Upon his return he was detained by the Turkish authorities at the Istanbul airfield and served with the expulsion order. He was later released on condition that he leave the country within a week.
(A New York Times dispatch from Turkey today stated that Foreign Minister Nedyweddin Sadak said Monday that the recognition of Israel “by Turkey is under consideration. The Times also said that it was learned that instructions to lift all restrictions against the migration of Turkish Jews to Israel or elsewhere had been issued Sunday night.)
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
