Between 1923 and 1948 , approximately 7,300 Jews emigrated from Turkey to Mandatory Palestine . After the 1934 Thrace pogroms following the 1934 Turkish Resettlement Law , immigration to Palestine increased ; it is estimated that 521 Jews left for Palestine from Turkey in 1934 and 1,445 left in 1935 . Immigration to Palestine was organized by the Jewish Agency and the Palestine Aliya Anoar Organization . The Varlık Vergisi , a capital tax which occurred in 1942 , was also significant in encouraging emigration from Turkey to Palestine ; between 1943 and 1944 , 4,000 Jews emigrated
1934 Thrace pogroms
1934 Thrace pogroms
History of the Jews in Turkey