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Antakya was one of the cities affected dramatically by the disaster that took place early Monday morning. The city which aid units could not enter for...

Pianist Renan Koen, who has dedicated her life to all forms of music, gave a concert on January 27th for the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, together with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra led by Conductor Gürer Aykal.

The Quincentennial Museum of Turkish Jews has opened its doors to the ´Anybody There? (Orada Kimse Yok mu?)´ exhibition that Safigül Kurtyiğit, the artist from Ankara, prepared based on the Ankara Jewish Quarter. The exhibition can be visited until February 28th.

The International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, which had been accepted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005, will be organized on Friday, January 27th at Istanbul University´s Ord. Prof. Dr. Cemil Bilsel Conference Hall.

Karen Gerson Sharhon, Şalom Newspaper´s Ladino Pages Editor, the originator of the El Amaneser supplement, and the Istanbul Ottoman-Turkish Sephardic Center Coordinator, was presented ´The Knighthood Title (The Orden de Kavalyero del Ladino)´ for her contributions to Ladino, by the ´Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture´ during a ceremony held at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, on Tuesday, January 17th.

The 2022 results of the ´Turkey Trends´ research which has been keeping its finger on the pulse of Turkey for 13 years, were announced at a press conference. According to face-to-face interviews conducted with a thousand people over the age of 18 in 26 provinces, Turkey´s main problems are the economy, counterterrorism, and refugee problems. While the USA and Israel maintain their top positions on the threat list, the participants stated that in the elections they would vote for AKP (35.3%), CHP (24.5%), MHP (8.9%), IYI [Good] Party (10.2%), and HDP (9.5%).

The ceremony for the ´18th Respect for History / Local Conservation Award´, a symbol for awareness of Izmir´s historical and cultural heritage, organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality was held. People who have been working for Jews and Judaic culture were also seen as worthy of the award.

The Ikinci Bahar (Second Spring)´ Chorus, consisting of amateur singers working in a professional manner, will be performing their first concert of 2023 on Thursday, January 19th.

Göztepe Cultural Club (GKD) brought together the audience with a fabulous theatre play on January 7th.

The YÖRET Social Development and Education Foundation, which has reached more than 222,000 children and more than 192,000 parents through their p...

The pianist, composer, soprano, and music therapist Renan Koen´s music albums ´Bridges´, ´Lost Traces, Hidden Memories´, ´Holocaust Remembrance / Before Sleep´, ´Renan Koen Plays Ali Darmar´, ´March of the Music´ and book ´Positive Resistance´ have become eternal in the Library of Congress located in Washington.

This year the last night of the Hanukkah Festival was celebrated with a ceremony organized at Bebek Park in Istanbul, all together by the members of the Turkish Jewish Community and the wider society.

The elections, ought to be done within the framework of the provisions in the Community Foundations Election Regulation, published in the Official Gazette in June and binding all the minority foundations, took place, after a long time, on Sunday, December 25th.

The Sri Lankan Ambassador Saranya Hasanthi Urugodawatte Dissanayake, the Uruguayan Ambassador Hugo Cayrús, the Israeli Ambassador Iri...

A plaque in memory of the Nazi camp Terezin´s Turkish victims was placed at Terezin which is in the Czech Republic in our day.

Starting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, many mayors and political party leaders have sent greetings for the Hanukkah Festival of the Turkish Jewish community.

Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and his wife have sent a message to the Turkish Jewish Community, greeting Hanukkah, the Festival of Light.

The 4th edition of the Izmir Sephardic Culture Festival which has become a tradition in Izmir is being organized between dates December 18-27.

Solita Marçelli has been seen worthy of the Alan C. Greenberg Young Leadership Award by the UJA (United Jewish Appeal) Federation of New York.

The 10th Annual Ladino Day, organized by the University of Washington, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in Seattle, met the participants on December 4...