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Saul Cenudioglu, pictured here with his grandchildren, was found dead with his wife in the ruins of their home city of Antakya in Haray province. (Family photo courtesy of Ela Cenudioglu; Haray: Firat Ozdemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
February 8, 2023, 11:15 am
Turkish earthquake emergency: Missing Jewish couple feared dead
A spokesperson from the the community in Istanbul told Jewish News both Saul and Fortuna Cenudioglu from the city of Antakya are "still missing'.
By Jotam Confino in Israel and David I Klein (JTA)
Istanbul cemetery vandals caught on camera
July 15, 2022, 1:44 pm
Five children arrested after Jewish graves desecrated in Istanbul cemetery
Authorities said the suspects, aged between 11 and 13, lived closed to the cemetery on the city's European side
By Michael Daventry
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking at the G20 summit in Rome in October 2021 (Photo: Arce/NurPhoto)
November 5, 2021, 3:10 pm
Turkish man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’
A court agreed with the president's lawyers that the remarks were an 'insult' against the Turkish leader
By Michael Daventry
Erdoğan appeared to say Israeli prime ministers enjoy “sucking blood', but he may have been referring to Jews
May 20, 2021, 2:06 pm
Turkey’s Jewish community defends Erdoğan against antisemitism charge
The country’s Chief Rabbinate said a US State Department condemnation of the president’s speech was ‘unfair’
By Michael Daventry
Chanukah event in Istanbul (Photo Credit: Izzet Keribar)
August 5, 2019, 12:34 pm
Turkish Jews commemorate 527th anniversary of exodus from Spain
Deputy leader of community said the Ottomans gave Jews the right to life after expulsion from Spain in 1492.
By Jenni Frazer
Neve Shalom Synagogue
July 24, 2017, 2:24 pm
Anti-Israel protests held outside Istanbul synagogues
Ahrida and Neve Shalom synagogues targeted by demonstrators in the same week, drawing criticism from the Turkish Prime Minister
By JTA
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