[Ynet News] Roee Nahmias - After Sunday's Turkish elections reflected growing strength for the ruling Islamic party, Silvio Ovadia, president of Istanbul's Jewish community, said Tuesday, "We do not fear the Islamization of Turkey. Even during the Ottoman Empire the Sultan was very congenial to the Jews, so we do not fear for Jewish life here....Turkey is not Iran; we do not have Mullahs here. There are indeed religious communities, but that is not the same. They are far more modern than Iran, and as opposed to the situation in Iran, the secular sector in Turkey is very strong."
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