Thessaloniki as Part of the Ottoman Empire (until 1912): The city and its Various Inhabitants, Jews, Greeks and Muslims

After the departure of the Jewish community from Spain , the Spanish dug out their cemeteries and they even set ablaze the areas where the Jewish were living and they even renamed those places by giving them new Christian names so as to do away and to forget the Jewish community , they even went to an extend of destroying anything that could have brought their memories back

The Ottoman Empire warmly welcomed the Spanish Jewish whom he saw as new taxpayer and he could not comprehend why the Spanish could do away with

such important and valuable resource . From the middle of the 15th Century when the Ottoman Empire took over Thessaloniki , that city had been almost abandoned thus the Jewish Community who were later joined by other Jews from different troubled parts had superior strength than other communities who later joined them (Edward 1947 . They had authority in Thessaloniki and they worked in different mines , they started the first printing house and just like they did in Spain , they produced very great artists , scholars , artisans , traders , scientists artists and philosophers . They also did very well in businesses commerce and in industries while their professionals established their own organizations and charitable institutions . The Jewish lived in prosperity and in harmony with other Christians and their Muslim neighbors they even ganged up with them in war

Thessaloniki was one of the very important cities in the Ottoman Empire and it remained under the Empire up to the year 1912 . Thessaloniki 's day of rest was Saturday which was the Jewish Sabbath Day . In October 1912 the city was captured by Greek and in March 1913 , the king of Greece King George the first was assassinated in the city . In 1915 , which was during the world war one , some forces captured the city...