Turkish Jews - Diaspora

Diaspora

The various migrations outside of Turkey has produced descendants of Turkish Jews in other parts of Europe, Israel and the Americas. Today, there are still various synagogues that maintain Jewish-Turkish traditions.

  • United States

The Sephardic Synagogue Ezra Bessaroth in Seattle, Washington was formed by Jews from Turkey and the Island of Rhodes, and still use Ladino in some portions of their Shabbat services. They created a Siddur called Zehut Yosef, written by Hazzan Isaac Azose, to preserve their turkish traditions.

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