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synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
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Istanbul

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Etz Ahayim Synagogue The Etz Ahayim Synagogue (Hebrew: קהל קדוש עץ החיים), also known as the Ortaköy Synagogue, is synagogue located in Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey, on the coast near the right leg of Bosphorus Bridge. The synagogue was totally destroye ...
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Hesed Le Avraam Synagogue Hesed Le Avraam Synagogue (or Büyükada Synagogue) is a synagogue in Büyükada, Istanbul, Turkey. It is open for services only during summer months, like the other synagogues of the Princes' Islands. See also *History of the Jews in Turkey *Li ...
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Kal Kados, Corapci Han Synagogue Kal Kados, Corapci Han Synagogue is a synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey. Located in an historic office building built by Russian Jews in the 1880s with the help of Count de Kamondo, the synagogue is open for daily prayers during weekdays. See also * ...
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Karaite Synagogue Karaite or Qaraite may refer to: *Karaite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that rejects the Talmud **Crimean Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe ***Karaim language, Turkic lan ...
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Maalem Synagogue Maalem Synagogue is a synagogue located on the slopes overlooking the Golden Horn near the Jewish old age home in the Hasköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only remaining open synagogue in an area that once had many Jewish residents. Th ...
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Neve Shalom Synagogue Neve Shalom Synagogue ( tr, Neve Şalom Sinagogu, he, בית הכנסת נווה שלום; lit. "Oasis of Peace" or "Valley of Peace") is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in Istanbul, Turkey. The synagogue was built in ...
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Yanbol Synagogue Yanbol Synagogue is a synagogue in Istanbul, built by Sephardi Jews who moved from the Bulgarian town of Yambol to Istanbul during the 15th century. The synagogue is also known as the Bulgarian Synagogue owing to the origin of the community. The ...
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Izmir

* Kemeraltı synagogues (list) * Algazi Synagogue * Ashkenazi Synagogue * Aydınlı Shalom Synagogue * Bet Israel Synagogue (İzmir) * Beit-Hillel * Bikurkholim Synagogue * Etz-Hayyim Synagogue * Los Foresteros Synagogue * Hevra Synagogue * Kahal Kadosh Synagogue * Portugal Synagogue * Rosh-Ha-Ar Synagogue * Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue (İzmir) * Signora Giveret Synagogue


Adana

* Adana Synagogue


Ankara

* Ankara Synagogue


Bursa

* Gerush Synagogue * Etz Ahayim Synagogue (Bursa) *
Mayor Synagogue (Bursa) Mayor Synagogue (or Synagogue Mejor) is a synagogue on Arap Şükrü (Sakarya) Street in Bursa, Turkey. It was founded by Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after being Alhambra Decree, expelled from Majorca. The present building was built in ...


Çanakkale

* Çanakkale Synagogue


Edirne

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Edirne Synagogue Grand Synagogue of Edirne, aka Adrianople Synagogue (Hebrew: , tr, Edirne Büyük Sinagogu) is a historic Sephardi synagogue located in Maarif Street of Edirne, Turkey. It was designed in the Moorish Revival style and restored in 2015. History T ...


Gaziantep

* Gaziantep Synagogue in Gaziantep


Kilis

* Kilis Synagogue in Kilis


Hatay

* Antakya Synagogue in Hatay * Iskenderun Synagogue in Hatay


Manisa

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Sardis Synagogue Sardis Synagogue is a synagogue located in Manisa Province, Turkey, and it is the biggest known synagogue that belongs to ancient world. Sardis was under numerous foreign rulers until its incorporation into the Roman Empire in 133 BCE. The city ...


See also

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History of the Jews in Turkey The history of the Jews in Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Yahudileri or ; he, יהודים טורקים, Yehudim Turkim; lad, Djudios Turkos) covers the 2400 years that Jews have lived in what is now Turkey. There have been Jewish communities in An ...
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Dönmeh The Dönme ( he, דוֹנְמֶה, Dōnme, ota, دونمه, tr, Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who converted outwardly to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret. The mo ...
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Israel–Turkey relations Israeli–Turkish relations are the bilateral ties between the State of Israel and the Republic of Turkey. Israel–Turkey relations were formalized in March 1949,Abadi, pg. 6 when Turkey was the first Muslim majority country to recognize th ...
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Ishak Haleva Ishak Haleva (born 1940 in Istanbul, Turkey) is the current Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) ( tr, Hahambaşı) of Turkey. Chief Rabbi Haleva was the deputy to David Asseo for seven years and became the new Hakham Bashi after his death in 2002.
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Religion in Turkey Islam is the largest religion in Turkey according to the state, with 99.8% of the population being initially registered by the state as a Muslim. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the ...
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Pallache family "Pallache" – also de Palacio(s), Palache, Palaçi, Palachi, Palacci, Palaggi, and many other variations (documented below) – is the surname of a prominent, Ladino-speaking, Sephardic Jewish family from the Iberian Peninsula, who spread mostl ...


External links


Shalom Newspaper - The main newspaper of the Jewish community of Turkey

Chief Rabbinate of Turkey
Synagogues A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of wors ...
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...