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Turk Boycott is Forcing Jews to Emigrate

January 13, 1935
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The anti-Jewish boycott in Adrianople has become complete, and no Turk now buys articles of the slightest value in a Jewish shop, it is reported today in Action, Jewish newspaper published in Salonica. No Turkish shop is willing to sell anything to a Jew, the paper adds.

Jewish merchants were attacked at the bazaar which takes place every week on the Greek-Turkish frontiers, the paper further reports. In the city of Adrianople the Jews confine themselves to their homes after five o’clock, fearing attacks on the streets. Cases of young Turks attacking and abusing Jewish girls are not infrequent.

The paper asserts that the Jews in Adrianople are in despair and wish to emigrate to Palestine. They have decided to abandon all

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