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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.

In the fires that have been going on in 8 different cities of Turkey for more than 48 hours, 3 people in Manavgat and 1 person in Marmaris have lost their lives.

Journalist and writer Hüseyin Hakkı Kahveci stated that the forest fires happening in our country coincided with the route of the trips Rabbi Mendy Chitrik is having throughout the country.

Renan Koen´s book ´Positive Resistance´ was introduced on YouTube on Sunday, July 25th.

The Hemdat Israel Synagogue located in Kadiköy is getting back its historical texture via the joint project of Haydarpaşa Hemdat Israel Synagogue Foundation, Alef Youth Club, and Shalom Corps!

Pianist, composer, educator, and music therapist Renan Koen´s book, ´Positive Resistance´ in both Turkish and English is published by Gözlem Publishing and her music album ´March of the Music´ is released from Lila Music.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, talked to the new Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the phone.

Selim Öztürk who had previously worked as a specialist at the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, and as an assistant professor at the Turkish National Police Academy, is appointed as the Republic of Turkey Tel Aviv Embassy Culture and Promotion Consultant on July 7th.

Our economy columnist Cüneyt Dirican received the ´Best Radio Program in Economy of the Year´ award in the 13th Economy Press Success Awards organized by the Economy Journalists Association (EGD).

The photography artist with EFIAP Distinction, Niso Maçoro has received many medals from various countries so far.In the '6th Pacific-Atlantic ...

The book ´Izmirli Dario (Dario from Izmir)´ where Erkan Özerman, the famous producer and talent manager, is telling about Dario Moreno´s becoming a star coming from Turkey, is out from Remzi Bookstore.