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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Izmir

The festival included concerts of Jewish and Ladino music, traditional food tastings and lectures on Izmir’s Jewish community. (David I. Klein/JTA)
January 7, 2023, 10:55 am
In Izmir, a festival revives a Sephardic jewel and douses anti-Jewish stereotypes
Once known in Greek as Smyrna, the city has had a Jewish presence since antiquity, with church documents mentioning Jews from the 2nd century CE. Today, fewer than 1,300 remain
By David I. Klein
Rescue workers, who were trying to find survivors of an earthquake, surround Ayda Gezgin after they pulled the young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, November 3, 2020, (AFAD via AP)
November 3, 2020, 12:11 pm
4 days after quake, Turkish rescuers pull girl, 3, alive from collapsed building
Rescue worker says he was sifting through rubble when he heard a scream, found child in cramped space next to dishwasher in remains of toppled eight-floor structure
By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser
In this photo taken with a drone members of rescue services search for survivors in the debris of collapsed buildings in Izmir, Turkey, Oct. 31, 2020 (Ali Aksoyer/DHA via AP)
November 1, 2020, 8:08 am
70-year-old pulled out alive as Turkey quake death toll hits 53
Over 900 people now reported injured in Friday temblor; search and rescue teams continue operations in hard-hit Izmir
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People work on a collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Oct. 30, 2020, after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece (DHA via AP)
October 30, 2020, 3:14 pm
At least 14 dead as strong earthquake hits Turkey, Greece
Searches on for survivors feared trapped in worst-hit Izmir, Greek island of Samos; United States Geological Survey puts magnitude of quake at 7.0
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
A view of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Izmir, Turkey, in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 5, 2019, 2:12 am
Anti-Israel protester attempts to firebomb synagogue in Turkey
No damage caused; lawmaker for ruling AKP party condemns attack on Beth Israel Synagogue in Izmir
By JTA
This undated photo made available by the Dogan News Agency on March 13, 2018, shows American pastor Andrew Brunson in Izmir. (AFP Photo/DHA/STR)
April 16, 2018, 5:48 pm
US pastor detained in Turkey rejects terror charges at trial
US officials on hand for start of case against Andrew Brunson, whose imprisonment has strained ties between Washington and Ankara
By Fulya Ozerkan
A Turkish riot police officer patrols Ataturk airport`s main entrance in Istanbul, on June 28, 2016, after explosions followed by gunfire hit Turkey's largest airport. (AFP/ OZAN KOSE)
February 5, 2017, 2:14 pm
Turkey detains some 400 IS suspects in nationwide raids
Dozens of foreigners among those rounded up nationwide, in biggest raid since New Year’s Istanbul terror attack
By AFP
Reina club attacker after being caught by Turkish police in Istanbul, late Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Turkish media reports say police have caught the gunman who killed 39 people at an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, detained during a police operation. (Depo Photos via AP)
January 17, 2017, 3:19 am
After long manhunt, Turkish police say nightclub attacker captured
Abdulkadir Masharipov found in Istanbul apartment with 4-year-old son, two weeks after allegedly killing 39 including Israeli teen
By AFP and ToI Staff
This hand out picture released by the Turkish police and taken from Dogan News Agency on January 2, 2017 shows the main suspect in the Reina nightclub rampage one day after a gunman killed 39 people, including many foreigners, in an attack at an upmarket nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating the New Year. AFP/Dogan News Agency / Handout)
January 16, 2017, 11:46 pm
Turkish police capture nightclub attacker – reports
Abdulkadir Masharipov said caught two weeks after allegedly killing 39, including an Israeli woman, in Istanbul
By ToI Staff
Turkish police officers stand guard at the site of an explosion in front of the courthouse in Izmir on January 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / EMRE TAZEGUL)
January 5, 2017, 7:15 pm
Two killed in new Turkey attack as hunt for Istanbul gunman continues
Car bomb blamed on Kurdish militants rocks Izmir; police close in on terrorist who killed 39 in New Year’s shooting rampage
By Raziye AKKOC and Stuart Williams
Turkish special force police officers and ambulances are seen at the site of an armed attack January 1, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL)
January 5, 2017, 4:31 pm
Turkey makes new arrests over attack, tightens borders
Still searching for fugitive perpetrator, authorities detain further suspects over nightclub shooting that killed 39
By Raziye AKKOC
A Turkish special force police officer patrols in front of the Reina nightclub in Istanbul on January 4, 2017, three days after a gunman killed 39 people on New Year's Eve. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
January 5, 2017, 12:56 pm
Turkish anti-terror police conduct more raids in club probe
Suspects detained in Istanbul on suspicion of ‘aiding and abetting’ Islamic State terrorist who killed 39
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves after his address at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
August 24, 2016, 5:14 pm
Turkey issues arrest warrants for 29 academics
Dozens of personnel at Katip Çelebi University arrested or suspended over failed coup to oust Erdogan
By Stuart Winer
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a January 2012 meeting in Istanbul. (Mohammed al-Ostaz/Flash90)
July 17, 2016, 12:52 pm
Hamas, PA hail ‘victory for democracy’ in Turkey
Hamas mobilizes in the streets and even bakes a cake to show Erdogan love; Ramallah congratulates Ankara in phone call
By Dov Lieber
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech in Istanbul, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo)
July 17, 2016, 4:10 am
‘I love Turkey’: Jubilant Erdogan supporters celebrate coup failure
24 hours after putsch attempt, tens of thousands take to public squares across country to back strongman president and rail against ‘traitors’
By Raziye AKKOC
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