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The live broadcast concert themed In Memory of the Holocaust Victims 'Music In Order Not to Forget' ('Musica per non Dimenticare'), which will be pres...

President Tayyip Erdoğan, during the press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at Beştepe Presidential Palace, stated that the President of Israel Isaac Herzog may be visiting Turkey.

The awards of 2nd Istanbul Story Competition and 1st Beautiful Istanbul Photography Competition organized by the CHP (Republican People's Party) Istan...

Translation by Janet MITRANIThe first and only Honorary President of the Turkish Jewish Community, Bensiyon Pinto, who had served our country and our ...

Bensiyon Pinto, the first and only Honorary President of the Turkish Jewish Community, has lost his life.From his early years, Bensiyon Pinto dedicate...

The collective art project of 20 artists, of whom 10 are Turkish and 10 are Israeli, ´Tell Me Your Story´ is now an outdoor exhibition at Şişli district of Istanbul.

This year´s first cartoon exhibition at Schneidertempel, Tan Oral´s ´Newspaper´ will be opening on Thursday, January 13th.

The online seminar program titled ´Deepenings on Izmir Jewish Culture Heritage´ will start on January 19th. The seminars are being organized by Ebruli Tur.

Bodrum Municipality simplified and republished the book ´Bodrum Tarihi [Bodrum History]´ which had been written by Professor Avram Galante in 1945. During the event on January 4th, as well as promoting the book, the statue that has been made in honor of Avram Galante was inaugurated.

We as the Şalom Newspaper asked our readers what the most important incidents and issues of 2021 were. Here are the incidents and issues that made their marks in 2021...

During the ongoing excavations in Side district of Antalya, the remains of a synagogue from the 7th century were discovered under a house. The remains discovered were classified as the first evidence pertaining to the Jews that had been known to have lived in the region.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a speech at the reception he gave for the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States and the members of the Turkish Jewish Community.

On December 22nd, rabbis from Islamic countries all over the world came together in Turkey for the first time, for the ´First Annual Summit of Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States´.

The YÖRET Social Development and Education Foundation, which has reached more than 222,000 children and more than 192,000 parents through their projects focused on decreasing violence against children, organized a meeting hosted by ITÜ (Istanbul Technical University) Foundation, on December 7th.

Selim Hubeş who had performed in numerous concerts within the Los Pasharos Sepharadis Ladino music group, in Turkey and abroad, together with Izz...

David M. Satterfield, the United States of America Ambassador to Turkey, following the completion of his services, paid a farewell visit to the Chief ...

Sephardic Communities from around the world came together to honor Dr. Albert Bourla, Sarah Aroeste, & Albert Maimon for their contributions to society. Greek, Turkish, and Israeli Ambassadors light menorah together in unique demonstration of unity. La Ermandad Sefaradi honored exemplary members of the community at the National Sephardic Community Gala

Moshe Arditi, MD, has been admitted as the full member of the Science Academy which had been established on November 25th, 2011 in Istanbul, as an independent non-governmental organization, to promote, exemplify and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom, and integrity.

Henri Çiprut, who had been writing for Ladino for Şalom´s Ladino (Judeo Spanish) pages and El Amaneser intermittently for the last 20 years, and had been striving to protect and spread Ladino, has lost his life.

The ´Synagogues of Turkey´ exhibition has been opened in Edirne on November 25th.