Yahudi Göçleri ve Yahudi Kimliğinin Oluşumu

It is difficult to understand Jewish history and identity without knowledge of the Tanakh, the Jewish holy book. Because Jews interpret the past and present through their holy books. In a sense, Tanakh is a manifestation of Jewish immigration and identity. The formation of the holy books also parallels the geo-political conditions. In the Tanakh, St. Abraham's journey to the land of Canaan is narrated as the march of a chosen people to herald the promised land. This march was supported by the Torah during the time of St. Moses. The Jewish utopia takes on a political and religious dimension with Jerusalem becoming the capital and the construction of the Temple of Solomon.The Jews, who integrate their religion and their ethnic affiliations into the same identity, perceive the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon as a punishment from God. In the Islamic geography, Jews, who dispersed to different geographies of the world, lived in a more comfortable environment. In the Christian world, however, they are marginalized and exiled. While the Jews achieved their utopia with the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 under the leadership of the Zionists, they also caused the disaster of an ancient society. Jews, who see themselves as the children of a free woman, refuse to live together with Palestinians, whom they regard as the children of a slave woman. It contradicts the spirit and message of the holy books that a diaspora people, who were excluded and forced to migrate, became the perpetrators of a similar treatment after becoming dominant.In this study, the emergence of the Jews on the stage of history, their arrival in the promised land, their forced migration to different geographies around the world in a tragic way, and their recent return to Palestine have been examined in the context of migration and diaspora experience. The impact of this experience on Jewish identity and politics has been discussed within the context of the Tanakh. In this direction, historical and descriptive research type and the application of document-based analysis.