Zionism, also known as "Zionism," or "Jeonism," is the political proposition of Jews in the diaspora to return to what they consider to be the "homeland" of Palestine and establish a separate state. Zionism arose in the 16th century, and Don Joseph Nasi tried to restore it with the help of the Ottoman Empire.
Don Joseph Nasi, a Jew, was born in Portugal and conquered the Iberian Peninsula due to the rise of Spain, and a large number of Jews were expelled in Portugal around 1492, but Don Joseph Nassi of "Marano" was allowed to stay for converting to Catholicism. "Marano" are Jews who converted to Catholicism under pressure of the times, but they still adhere to the beliefs and customs of Judaism in private. But with the advent of the Inquisition, "Marano" began his flight again to escape persecution by the Catholic Church and any jealous people.
Don Joseph Nassy could not stay any longer in Portugal, so he fled to Antwerp in the Netherlands, where he cooperated with people to open a huge bank and lend money to the nobility of Western Europe, and the king of France and the Queen Mary, regent of the Netherlands, were his clients, so these nobles also gave him many titles and honors. But the Inquisition in Iberia soon extended to the Netherlands, and fearing persecution for identity identification, Don Joseph Nassi began his flight again. Knowing from other Jews that Turkey was more tolerant of Jews, he fled to Turkey this time.
After fleeing to Turkey, Don Joseph Nasi began his old business, earning a lot of money and amassing a lot of wealth. But soon his identity and wealth were doubted by the Shinra emperor Charles V, so he secretly transferred his wealth to Venice and fled there.
After arriving in Venice, Don Joseph Nasi changed his name and planned there to secretly buy an island to house his compatriots as a Jewish exile. However, due to the leakage of his identity, he had to flee again with his wealth to the Duchy of Ferrara in Italy. Later, because the Ottoman monarch Suleiman I felt that bankers like Don Joseph Nashi were beneficial to the economic development of the empire, he released Don Joseph Nasi's captured relatives and restored the Jewish faith and Don Joseph Nasi's family name, Don Joseph Nasi returned to Turkey and showed his strength, accumulating wealth to a higher level.
More importantly, Don Joseph Nasi gambled on politics, using huge sums of money to help Selim of Suleiman the Great seize the throne, and he was also made a duke for his merits, became the lord of Tiberias, and received the right to import wine into Black Sea Turkey. So he built walls in Tiberias, installed cannons, cultivated crops, prepared to accept more Jews, and established a colony belonging to the Jews, but the prevention of various forces did not succeed.
But Don Joseph Nassi was not dead, in order to take revenge on Venice, but also for the dream of building a colony belonging to the Jews, taking advantage of the explosion of Venice's arsenal, in 1569 he suggested that Selim conquer Cyprus by force, Selim accepted his suggestion, and after several years of conquest, finally took Cyprus in 1571. As soon as the war ended, he eagerly suggested that Selim establish a Jewish colony in Cyprus, and although Selim promised him after getting drunk, he retorted when Selim woke up.
Seeing that the establishment of a colony belonging to the Jews could not be achieved, he began to worry about the 150,000 gold coins he had lent to the French king, so with Selim's permission, he did pirate business in Turkish waters, robbed French ships and used them as debts owed by the French king, which completely provoked the French king, and at first thought of using diplomatic means to solve it, but after many attempts did not work, he bribed a Turkish Jew named David with heavy money, and framed Don Joseph Nashi for betraying Turkey. A counter-plot led to Don Joseph Nassi being forced into exile in Rhodes, where he died in depression in 1579.
After the death of Don Joseph Nasi, Turkey soon changed its attitude towards Jews from sympathy to repression and persecution, and Turkey once again became a place where Jews had no place. Although Don Joseph Nasi's idea of restoration failed, it was the most recent time that the Jews of that era wanted to realize the restoration ideal.