Answer:
He wanted to keep the country together.
Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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The Ottoman Empire didn't welcome the newcomers, but it was certainly a much better place for these Jews to live than Spain or Portugal. The Ottoman Empire didn't welcome the newcomers beause they had an opposing Muslim religion previously. I apologize this isn't the complete answer, as I do not know much on this topic
Heres links to help --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-ottoman-empire/
The laws, regulations and government has changed throughout the years
