syn/europe/turkey

The Synagogues of Europe
PAST AND PRESENT
Turkey

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Below you will find a series of postcards that depict various synagogues that currently or once stood in Europe. Most of these photographs have been purchased, taken, or otherwise obtained by those visiting these towns and cities, and they have been subsequently submitted to the Museum to be placed online. Some of these synagogues might still be extant, i.e. still being used as synagogues, but others lay abandoned and perhaps in a state of disrepair, or are currently being used for other purposes. Some have been restored.

Current town names are used to indicate the location of each synagogue.

The Museum welcomes further submissions, as this exhibition is forever ongoing and evolving. Please include the name of the country, town/city, synagogue (if known), and the month and year the photo was taken.

Please click on the thumbnail photos to see the enlarged versions.

AUSTRIA	BELARUS	BELGIUM	CROATIA	CZECH REPUBLIC
FRANCE	GERMANY	GREECE	HUNGARY	ITALY
LATVIA	LITHUANIA	MOLDOVA	POLAND	ROMANIA
RUSSIA	SERBIA	SLOVAKIA	SPAIN	SWITZERLAND
TURKEY	UKRAINE

TURKEY
	ISTANBUL, TURKEY (2008) Ahrida (Ohrid) Synagogue According to Wikipedia, is one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul. Located in Balat, the Jewish quarter, it was built by Jews from the city of Ohrid in what was then the Ottoman Empire and is now the Republic of Macedonia, who immigrated to Turkey more than 550 years ago. Ahrida Synagogue is also the only synagogue in Istanbul at which Sabbatai Zevi, founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement, prayed.

	ISTANBUL, TURKEY Ortaköy Synagogue Located on the coastal road on the European side of the Bosporus Strait, it is in the shadow of the first of the bridges that connect the European side of Istanbul to its Asian side .
	ISTANBUL, TURKEY (2008) Neve Shalom Synagogue Neve Shalom is a synagogue located in the Galata district of Istanbul.

See the synagogues located within Turkey on the Asian side by clicking here.