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Young Jews look to leave Turkey

A column published by a Jewish student in Turkey has highlighted the response of the Jewish community to recent incidents targeting them.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they protest against Israel's military action in Gaza, after Friday prayers at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in the Gaza Strip with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday after Islamist militants there rejected a proposed truce and kept firing rockets into the Jewish state. The banner reads, "Killers compete on savagery". REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3Z81C

Turkish/Jewish columnist Mois Gabay has caused ripples across Turkey with "Young Jews leaving Turkey," writing in his community’s newspaper, Shalom, that Jewish youths graduating from high school are increasingly leaving Turkey.

Because of the anti-Semitism that manifested itself in Turkey following Israel’s recent operation against the Gaza Strip, the column aroused more interest than usual. While Turkey’s mainstream media reprinted Gabay’s piece and expressed concern, some political Islamist media went with such titles as "Super news from Jews: They are leaving Turkey."

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