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November 14, 2024 "Humor on the Margins: Cartoons in the Turkish Jewish Newspaper Şalom" by Rakel P. Meşulam
November 7, 2024 The "Ottoman and Turkish Ketubbot" Exhibition
November 4, 2024 TV Show Review: Nobody Wants This
November 1, 2024 The Irresistible Drunkenness of Reading Books
Thieves who Stole Historical Manuscripts from Gaziantep Synagogue were Captured
The thieves who had stolen two historical manuscripts from the Gaziantep Synagogue were first caught on the security camera and then by the police. August 12, 2022
The thieves who had stolen the two Torah manuscripts could not escape from the police. The two thieves, entering the synagogue which had been renovated and reopened also for touristic purposes, stole the two Torah manuscripts with historical value and disappeared. Acting upon the report, the Theft Police Department teams identified the identity of the suspects via the security camera footage.
The suspects named O.S. and D.A. who were taken into custody by the police, following the necessary procedures at the police station were taken to the courthouse. After the trial, the two theft suspects were arrested and sent to prison.
The Gaziantep Synagogue which had been empty and deserted for years since the 1980s, due to the fact that no Jews were left in Gaziantep, had opened its doors once again three years ago on December 26th, following the renovation executed by the Directorate General of Foundations.
In the 'Synagogues of Turkey' book by Naim Güleryüz and Izzet Keribar, there also is some information about the Gaziantep Synagogue.
You can reach this information about the Gaziantep Synagogue via the link below:
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