A team was dispatched from the US State Department in 1877 to assess the treatment of Jews in the Ottoman Caliphate. Their findings that Jews were very well treated and not persecuted are described in the news article below published on Wednesday 23rd August 1877 by the New York Times. “The United States Minister says that justice to the Turk compels him to admit that the Israelites have been better treated by the Ottomans than by many of the Western powers and that the impression prevails that they are better treated in the Empire than the Christians.” ISRAELITIES IN TURKEY. STATISTICS RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES MINISTER. 500,000 HEBREWS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THEY ARE BETTER TREATED THAN CHRISTIANS BY THE TURKS. PROTECTION EXTENDED BY THE UNITED STATES OFFICIALS. WASHINGTON, Aug, 22. A dispatch has been received at the Department of State from the United States Minister to Turkey giving interesting details concerning the number, status, and persecution of the Israelites in the Ottoman Empire. The total number of Israelites in the Empire is given … Continue reading Treatment of Jews in the 19th Century Ottoman Caliphate