23 June
"Make the World a Better Place by Making People Laugh and Think" - Interview with Martin Lewis
June 23, 2025 "Make the World a Better Place by Making People Laugh and Think" - Interview with Martin Lewis
June 18, 2025 "Goodness is the Ability to Own One´s Mistakes and Shortcomings" - Interview with Joel Orloff
June 12, 2025 The Greek Orphanage In Büyükada will Become a Hotel
Professor Izak Benbasat Awarded the Order of Canada
Prof. Izak Benbasat
Prof. Dr. Izak Benbasat has been awarded the Order of Canada honour, one of the highest civilian honours of Canada, by Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada.
Professor Emeritus of the UBC Sauder School of Business, Izak Benbasat, became the second Turkish individual to receive this honour that is awarded to 100 Canadian with scientists, artists, and community leaders among them.
Izak Benbasat after graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, got his doctorate in Minnesota. Benbasat as a scientist who has achieved great success in the computer-based communication sciences of Business Administration, became an academician in UBC Sauder School of Business, in 1973.
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12 June
The Greek Orphanage In Büyükada will Become a Hotel
The Fener Greek Patriarchate decided to convert the historical Greek Orphanage in Büyükada into a hotel.
5 December
New Exhibition from the Museum of the Princes´ Islands
A new photography exhibition, "The Islands Were Here Before Bodrum, Marmaris Came Along!" is opened by the Museum of the Princes´ Islands, at the Historical Ferry Pier in Büyükada.
14 November
"Humor on the Margins: Cartoons in the Turkish Jewish Newspaper Şalom" by Rakel P. Meşulam
Rakel P. Meşulam signed her first book "Humor on the Margins: Cartoons in the Turkish Jewish Newspaper Şalom (1947-2016)" at Schneidertempel Arts Center.
7 November
The "Ottoman and Turkish Ketubbot" Exhibition
The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews is opening an exhibition of Ketubbot (Jewish wedding contracts), some from forgotten corners of our homes, some as already discovered works of art, some from the walls of the collectors, some from the Chief Rabbinate Collection, on November 7th, at Schneidertempel Arts Center, after they have been cleaned and maintained.
24 October
Izzet Keribar´s "Journey of Colors" Exhibition at Istanbul Modern
Istanbul Modern, Turkey´s first modern and contemporary art museum, is preparing to host photography artist Izzet Keribar´s solo exhibition "Journey of Colors".
8 August
Kasadolu Draws Attention to the Increasing Hostility Towards Turkish Jews
The businessperson Doğan Kasadolu wrote a letter to AKP´s Ankara Member of Parliament Tuğrul Türkeş, drawing attention to the increasing anti-Semitism.