Elza Niego affair

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Funeral march of Elza Niego

The 1927 murder in Turkey of a Jewish girl named Elza Niego by a Turkish official sparked an anti-government demonstration at her funeral that authorities regarded as criminal.^[1]^[2]^[3] This led to the arrest of 9 Jewish protestors.

Murder

Mourners carrying Elza Niego's coffin

Elza Niego (22) was a typist of the National Insurance Company of Turkey.^[4] During a holiday at the Heybeli island, a Muslim Turkish official Osman Bey fell in love with her.^[4] Osman Bey, who was 30 years older than Elza, would follow Elza around the island.^[4] In despair, Elza Niego cut short her vacation and went home. Elza Niego eventually became engaged to a Jewish co-worker. Osman Bey, who was enraged by the engagement, pursued Elza Niego and stabbed her to death with a knife.^[4]

Aftermath

During the funeral, a demonstration was held in opposition to the Turkish government.^[4] This created an anti-Semitic reaction in the Turkish press.^[5] Nine protestors were immediately arrested under the charge of offending "Turkishness".^[4] Nine Jews and also a Russian individual witness to murder were arrested. Four of them were sentenced for "denigration of Turkishness".^[6]

References

↑ "Turkish Jewry Agitated Over Murder Case". Canadian Jewish Review. October 7, 1927. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
↑ Kalderon, Albert E. (1983). Abraham Galanté : a biography. New York: Published by Sepher-Hermon Press for Sephardic House at Congregation Shearith Israel. p. 53. ISBN 9780872031111. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "TURKEY: Notes, Aug. 29, 1927". Time. Aug 29, 1927. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "New Trial Ordered for Nine Constantinople Jews Once Acquitted". Jewish News Archive. January 16, 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
↑ Benbassa, Esther; Rodrigue, Aron (1999). Sephardi Jewry : a history of the Judeo-Spanish community, 14th--20th centuries (1. California paperback ed. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520218222. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Münferit(!) antisemitizm vak’aları, Ayşe Hür, Taraf

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Name	affair, Elza Niego
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