TURKISH ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES FOR THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AND JEWISH IMMIGRANT CAMPS IN CYPRUS DURING SECOND WORLD WAR

Authors : Ulvi KESER

Pages : 735-758

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Publication Date : 2009-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :During the last period of Second World War, the Jews who all managed to survived and escaped from Nazi tyranny and holocaust have started trying to find out the ways to go to Palestine, then being a British mandate. Taking a voyage to Palestine was not so easy because of the terrific conditions, and mostly of British restrictions. The Jews making mostly use of the very insufficient and primitive transportation means could have arrived in Turkey. Having got Turkish support and the assistance, these people were once more stopped by British warships in the open seas and taken to the concentration camps in Cyprus since active steps and measurements were taken against the Jewish immigration, from trying to prevent the acquisition of ships for refugees to deploying naval craft that otherwise could have been used in the war effort to patrol the coast of Palestine. The poor conditions and, terrifying management of British authority there made the life unbearable for these people, causing lots of death
Keywords : Cyprus, Jews, Second World War, Exodus, Concentration Camp

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