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    Ahrida (Ohrid) Synagogue (Hebrew: קהל קדוש אכרידה) is one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in Balat, once a thriving Jewish...
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    Peace") is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in Istanbul, Turkey. The synagogue was built in response to an increase in the Jewish...
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    Balat, Fatih (redirect from Balat, Istanbul)
    Egypt. Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul Yanbol Synagogue Karataş, Izmir Bulgarian St. Stephen Church Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balat (Istanbul). Mahalle...
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    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic,...
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    community in the area. History of the Jews in Turkey Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul List of synagogues in Turkey "Yambol Synagogue". Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Patriarchate of Constantinople Church of St. George of Samatya Neve Shalom Synagogue Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul Italian Synagogue...
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  • beginning with Ohrid All pages with titles containing Ohrid Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey Orchid (disambiguation) Ohri (disambiguation)...
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    anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. The lyrics humorously refer to the official renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul. The...
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  • The city of Istanbul has been known by a number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople...
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    Hesed Le Avraam Synagogue (or Büyükada Synagogue) is a synagogue in Büyükada, Istanbul, Turkey. It is open for services only during summer months, like...
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  • list of notable synagogues in Turkey. Kemeraltı synagogues (list) Algazi Synagogue Ashkenazi Synagogue Aydınlı Shalom Synagogue Bet Israel Synagogue (İzmir)...
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  • Caddebostan Synagogue is a synagogue built in 1953 in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The name of the architect is Albert Arditi. As a result of the...
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    This is a list of mayors of Istanbul, Turkey. This covers the Ottoman Empire to the modern day Republic of Turkey; the name of the city in English is...
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    Yeniköy Synagogue is a synagogue located along the northern part of the Bosphorus in the Yeniköy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The synagogue, said to...
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  • Bet Avraam Synagogue is a synagogue located behind the main train station in Sirkeci in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the synagogue nearest to the Sultanahmet...
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    surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine...
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    Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024)
    Community and Notable Synagogues in Istanbul". Istanbul Insider. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2021-09-07. Angel, Danielle (2010). "Ahrida Synagogue (Balat)". In Stillman...
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    The Municipal Council of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Meclisi) is the decision-making organ of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality...
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    Golden Horn (category Landforms of Istanbul Province)
    inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. As a natural estuary that connects with the Bosphorus Strait at the point where the strait meets the Sea of Marmara...
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    The governor of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Valiliği) is the civil service state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in...
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    Sublime Porte (category History of Istanbul)
    metaphor used to refer collectively to the central government of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul. The name has its origins in the old practice in which the...
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    Empire History of the Jews in Turkey Synagogues in Istanbul House of Camondo Constantinopolitan Karaites Jewish Museum of Turkey Epstein, Mark A. (1980). The...
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    (1453–1922). Following the Turkish War of Independence, the Turkish capital then moved to Ankara. Officially renamed Istanbul in 1930, the city is today the largest...
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  • Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah, and Sefer Torah, 8:5 Wilensky, David (2018) "The expanding future of America's only Karaite synagogue" jweekly.com "Istanbul Karaylari"...
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    Ottoman architecture (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024)
    Community and Notable Synagogues in Istanbul". Istanbul Insider. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2021-09-07. Angel, Danielle (2010). "Ahrida Synagogue (Balat)". In Stillman...
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  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa is a public university which was formed in Istanbul on 18 May 2018. It takes its name from Cerrah Mehmed Pasha, who gave...
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    Yalı (category Buildings and structures in Istanbul)
    the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul) and usually built with an architectural concept that takes into account the characteristics of the coastal location. A...
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  • rule. The Bet Yaakov Synagogue was constructed in Istanbul in 1878. The Ahrida Synagogue is an extremely notable one built in Istanbul in the 1430s. It is...
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  • Burgazada Synagogue is a synagogue in Burgazada, Istanbul, Turkey. There were few Jewish families in the 1950s in Burgaz (Antigone), but in the 60's the...
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    is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in Istanbul, Turkey. The school, like all minority schools in Turkey, is a secular...
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