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anti-Semitism in Turkey
Illustrative: Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018, in Draketown, Georgia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
May 1, 2019, 2:15 pm
Report: Anti-Semitic attacks spike, killing highest number of Jews in decades
Tel Aviv University researchers say governments on 3 continents promoted anti-Semitism in 2018, single out officials in Venezuela, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine
By Agencies
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses Muslim parliamentarians during a meeting on Jerusalem in Istanbul, December 14, 2018 (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
December 15, 2018, 10:23 pm
Erdogan again likens Israel to Nazi Germany, says it commits ‘cultural genocide’
At Jerusalem conference in Istanbul, Turkish president says it’s not anti-Semitic to call out Israel: ‘No one can stop us from calling a spade a spade’
By Raphael Ahren
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, attends the annual meeting of the European Council On Foreign Relations, in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. (Francois Mori/AP)
November 26, 2018, 8:01 pm
George Soros foundation says it will cease its Turkey activities
Decision comes days after Erdogan accuses Jewish billionaire of supporting a jailed Turkish financier and philanthropist who organized anti-government events
By AFP
A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, after a shooting there left 11 people dead on October 27, 2018 (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
October 28, 2018, 8:24 am
Pittsburgh shooting is latest in series of recent attacks on Jewish institutions
From Seattle to Toulouse to Istanbul, attackers, whether neo-Nazis or jihadists, have repeatedly targeted synagogues, schools and community centers
By Agencies
Pedestrians walk past Istanbul’s Neve Şalom Synagogue, one of the most important Jewish landmarks in Turkey. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 10, 2018, 4:01 am
As Israel-Turkey tensions rise, so does foot traffic to Istanbul’s Jewish Museum
While PMs Erdoğan and Netanyahu trade barbs, mostly local visitors flock to ‘the only place Turks can learn about Jewish culture’
By Larry Luxner
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