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Orhan Veli´s inspiration, a close friend of Sabahattin Ali, a family friend of Aşık Veysel whom she had met while teaching at the Hasanoğlan Village Institute, sister-in-law of the journalist-writer Erol Güney, as old as the Republic, Bella Eskenazi, passed away at the age of 100.

'Jews of Izmir from Downfall to Rise - Rabbi Hayim Palaçi and His Era', the last book of Siren Bora, the most knowledgeable researcher on the h...

550 young men and women from Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Latvia, and Belarus educated on Judaism for one year, were the guests of the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul on April 24th.

The ´April 23rd Children´s Painting Exhibition´ hosted by the Ulus Jewish Schools met the art lovers in Istinye Park between April 10th and 24th.

Translation by Janet MITRANIOn Sunday, April 16th, the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews hosted the opening night of 'The Sephardic Fla...

The most effective and emotional Yom HaShoah ceremony I´ve attended in recent years was held in the Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul on Monday night. Jilda Abravay and Igal Mevorah´s presentations, Sarah Chitrik´s music, and the speech made by Dr. Mehmet Ali Tuğtan of Bilgi University left their marks on this significant ceremony.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Piotr Gliński commemorated those who had lost their lives during the great resistance of the Jews, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews is hosting ´The Sephardic Flavors and Aromas´ exhibition organized within the scope of researching, preserving, spreading, and promoting the Sephardic culture in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy in Turkey, Red de Juderias de Espana and Istanbul Cervantes Institute.

Yiğit Özalp, a senior student at Social Sciences High School in the Tire district of Izmir, turned his curiosity about the Jews of Tire into a unique oral history project. Thanks to 19-year-old Özalp, a section on Jewish heritage has been opened at the Tire Town Museum.

President Erdoğan congratulated the Jewish citizens on the Passover Holiday, sharing a message on the presidency website.

El Al Israeli Airlines has announced the beginning of their commercial flights to Turkey once again, after a break of 16 years. The flights operated by Sun d´Or, a subsidiary of El Al, restarted with 3 round trips per week, between Tel Aviv and Istanbul, as of March 30.

Suzan Sevgi, who had worked as the Turkish Deputy Director at the Istanbul Notre Dame de Sion French High School for many years, has been awarded the ...

The Theatre Foundation of Turkey has been conducting a series of conversations at Akbank Sanat titled 'Conversations on History in Our Theatre'. The a...

A committee from the Üsküdar American Academy (ÜAL) visited Ulus Jewish High School (UÖML) on Tuesday. The visitors met with the H...

The Nazi salute incident towards the Ulus Jewish High School students (UÖML) during a high school soccer game last week, displayed clearly that Holocaust education must be included in the curriculum as soon as possible.

Hapoel Abu-Gosh Mevaseret Zion, the only football team founded in Israel as a symbol of living together, consisting of both Jewish and Muslim founders and football players, was in Istanbul last week for a friendship visit.

During the high school soccer tournament, a few students from the Üsküdar American Academy (UAL) soccer team showed their happiness in scoring a goal, by giving a Nazi salute toward the Ulus Jewish High School (UÖML) students.

The interview and autograph day, organized for our newspaper's 'Tünelin Ucu (End of the Tunnel)' corner artist and writer Izel Rozental, by the M...

While the Antakya and Kilis synagogues were slightly damaged during the Kahramanmaraş centered earthquakes that affected 10 cities in Turkey, the Gaziantep Synagogue was not damaged.

The part of the 'Olive Branches' Delegation that had been providing medical aid for the earthquake victims in Turkey, returned to Israel after 7 days ...