. ▁Th ous ands ▁were ▁thrown ▁into ▁prison , ▁tort ured , ▁and ▁burn ed , ▁until ▁a ▁project ▁was ▁formed ▁to ▁swe ep ▁all ▁Spain ▁clean ▁of ▁un bel ie vers . ▁The ▁plan ▁m ature d ▁when ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 2 ▁the ▁last ▁Mo or ish ▁for tr ess ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Christians . ▁Queen ▁Isabel la ▁of ▁Spain ▁issued ▁an ▁ed ict ▁ban ishing ▁all ▁Jews ▁from ▁Spain ▁for ▁acts ▁of , ▁‘ a ▁serious ▁a ▁det est able ▁crime ,’ ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁pur port ed ▁rit ual ▁murder ▁of ▁the ▁infant ▁Christopher ▁of ▁La ▁Guard ia , ▁which ▁was ▁tried ▁in ▁court ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 1 , ▁and ▁who ▁was ▁later ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁Saint . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁B alk an ▁pen ins ula , ▁where ▁a ▁few ▁dec ades ▁before ▁Ott oman ▁Tur ks ▁had ▁won ▁a ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁Cross . ▁Sultan ▁Bay az id ▁II ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁learning ▁about ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁Jews ▁from ▁Spain , ▁dispatch ed ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Navy ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁Jews ▁safely ▁to ▁Ott oman ▁lands , ▁mainly ▁to ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Sal onica ▁( current ly ▁in ▁Greece ) ▁and ▁S my r na ▁( current ly ▁in ▁Turkey ). ▁J ude o - Span ish ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Lad ino ▁( a ▁form ▁of ▁medieval ▁Spanish ▁influenced ▁by ▁Heb rew ) ▁was ▁widely ▁spoken ▁amongst ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁communities