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Translation by Janet MITRANIOn Sunday, October 17th, distinguished historian, Prof. Ilber Ortayli visited the introduction exhibition of the 'Synagogu...

The Izmir Jewish Heritage Project was launched in the Turkish city of Izmir to preserve the city´s unique complex of centuries-old Sephardic synagogues. This major preservation project promises to establish a museum that will highlight and promote the city´s rich Jewish cultural heritage.

The doyen of the Turkish press, Sami Kohen, passed away at the age of 93, at the hospital where he was being treated.

This year in the framework of the ´European Day of Jewish Culture´, a series of events to introduce the Turkish Jewish culture and heritage along with its music, dance, delicacies, and traditions will take place on Sunday, October 24th.

Various events and trips are being organized in different cities of Turkey, to unearth the traces of the historic and cultural existence of Jews located all over the country and create awareness among the wider community.

The culture trips organized by the Despertar Izmir Project of the Izmir Jewish Community Foundation continue with the Manisa and Kemeralti trips.

The ´Documentary of 33 Women´ bringing together the entrepreneur and strong women of Hatay, including also Rahel Elvaşvili Butros, is getting ready to come to life as a rather sensational social responsibility project.

The 5th annual International Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies (ICIJS´21) is being organized by ´Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies´ on December 6-10, 2021.

Pianist, composer, soprano, educator, writer, and music therapist Renan Koen organized an online event via Zoom for her book Positive Resistance in th...

The 'Synagogues of Turkey' book written by Naim A. Güleryüz and photographed by Izzet Keribar is being published for the second time after 1...

Translation by Janet MITRANIThis year Sukkot has been celebrated with two special events in Ankara. In honor of Jews' 1700 years of Jewish life in Ger...

Quincentenial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews is organizing a special tour for the European Day of Jewish Culture which will be celebrated on Sunday...

The Annette Bat-Mitzvah Club realized their ceremony that had been belated because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fifty religious deputies of different faith and religions have been working in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) along with the Sunni-Hanafi imams, for over a year, in order to handle the funeral proceedings of citizens of different beliefs. Among them, there is also a Jewish religious deputy.

President Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the Rosh Hashanah Holiday of the Jewish citizens in his press statement: "We believe that we, as the people that have a shared past dating back centuries, will build a shared future as well."

The Historical Italian Synagogue will be reopening for worship on Saturday, August 28th.

Or-Yom, which organizes various activities to improve the quality of life of their residents, ease their lives, ensure that they have a happy and heal...

The Rabbi of the Turkish Ashkenazi Jewish Community, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, traveling every inch of Anatolia, is shedding light on many cultural values along the way, from previously undocumented cemeteries to Jews living far from Istanbul, and different Jewish traditions that have not come to light.

22 people who lost their lives during the cruel massacre on September 6th, 1986 in the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, were commemorated with the ceremony on Tuesday, August 10th.

Dentist Yasef Yahya had been murdered 18 years ago, just because he was Jewish, on August 21, 2003, by villainous assailants who understood that he was Jewish from the clinic signboard. Yasef Yahya was commemorated by his grave on Sunday, August 1st.