Jewish Immigration to the American Continent

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 30 - 64, 15.06.2018

Şule Toktaş Fatih Resul Kılınç

Abstract

This study investigates the migration of
the Jews from the Ottoman Empire from the 1860s onward and from modern Turkey
to the American continent and provides a picture of the process of Jewish
migration to and Jewish integration in the destination countries in the continent.
Country-by-country analyses of the integration processes and the profile of
immigrants reveal parallels and differences of the integration of Jewish people
in different countries in the American continent. The article finds that Jewish
immigrants established communities around religious, educational, and
philanthropic organizations that facilitated the preservation of their distinct
culture and their integration in the host nations.

Keywords

International Migration, Jewish Migration, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, American Continent, North America, South America

Yahudilerin Amerika'ya Göçleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Yahudilerin Osmanlı
İmparatorluğu’ndan ve Türkiye’den Amerika kıtasına göçünü inceleyerek
yerleşilen ülkelerdeki göç ve uyum süreçlerinin genel bir değerlendirmesini
yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Genel olarak Yahudi göçmenlerin profilleri ve sergilediği
uyum, Güney ve Kuzey Amerika’da yer alan birçok varış ülkesinin kendi
karakteristik özelliklerine göre farklılık arz etmektedir. Dil benzerliği,
ekonomik esneklik, vize ve göçmen kabul yasaları gibi bazı yönlerden
birbirleriyle benzerlik gösteren göç süreçleri, ulus devlet normları,
toplumların göçmen kabul etme tolerans sınırları ve göç kotaları gibi çeşitli
diğer faktörler ışığında farklılık arz etmektedir.. Bu makale, Yahudi göçünde
önemli bir damar olan Amerika kıtasına göçünü, entegrasyon süreci ve göçmen
profillerinin ülke bazında analizi yolu ile aydınlatmaktadır. Ayrıca, Yahudi
göçmenlerin yerleştikleri ülkelerde kurdukları dini, eğitim ve yardım
kuruluşları aracılığıyla kültürlerini nasıl koruduklarına değinilmektedir.

Keywords

Uluslararası Göç, Yahudilerin Göçü, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Türkiye, Amerika Kıtası, Kuzey Amerika, Güney Amerika

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