21 November
Movie Review: Piece by Piece 
November 21, 2024 Movie Review: Piece by Piece
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
68th Anniversary of "Historical Disgrace"
68 years have passed since the "historical disgrace" days, September 6-7, 1955, when attacks towards the non-Muslim Turkish citizens, living in many Turkish cities, especially Istanbul, were carried out. Following the pogrom, during which the attacks were not limited to material damage but also deaths, injuries, and rapes were also experienced, dozens of holy places were burned down, Turkey´s sociological and ethnic structure also changed drastically. September 6, 2023
68 years ago, following the brutal riots that had started against the Greeks and had turned towards all the minorities senselessly, most of the Greek Orthodox citizens of the Turkish Republic had to leave their countries.
Most of the looters, who had started the riots which did not reflect the majority of Turkish people's perspective, had been brought to Istanbul from cities such as Sivas, Trabzon, Kastamonu, Erzincan, Izmit, and Adapazari.
During the investigations conducted after the incidents, it was found that the crowded looters had in fact been organized.
The historians explain the reasons for the events that took place during the Democrat Party (DP) period, with the excessive income injustice experienced in the Turkish economy during those years, and some papers' promoting the incidents.
September 6-7 incidents, had a great negative impact on the nation/state concept of the Republic that had been established by Atatürk. In the following years, many businessmen living in Turkey and contributing to the economy would leave the country, and for decades global investors would consider the Turkish economy unreliable.
As a result of the riots, while 5,000 businesses and churches had been destroyed, possessions, belongings, and cemeteries of minorities had been looted, and 100,000 Turkish Greek Orthodoxes had left the country, leaving the Turkish Greek Orthodox population as low as around 2,500.
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"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.
30 May
Annette Bat Mitzvah Club and Yoel Bar Mitzvah Club Year-End Ceremonies
The 2023-2024 "Collective Bat Mitzvah Ceremony" of the Annette Bat Mitzvah Club girls, founded in 2002 within the Chief Rabbinate of Turkey Education Commission (HEGKOM), was celebrated in the Neve Shalom Synagogue on Sunday, May 26th.
18 March
Moris Karmona Declared War On Bullying With His Book "Morhis"
Moris Karmona´s book "Morhis" in which he wrote his life story, has been published.
1 March
82nd Anniversary of the Struma Disaster
The Struma Immigration Ship had sailed from Constanza, Romania to take the Jews desperate to run from the Nazis to today´s Israel, and was sunk by a torpedo from a Russian submarine after anchoring off the coast of Istanbul for weeks.