Remains of ancient synagogue catch fire in Turkey Unidentified individuals may have started the fire at the site of renovations of what used to be the Kasturya Synagogue in Istanbul.
Turkey school textbooks call Jews and Christians ‘infidels’ The revision is part of Islamist radicalization under President Erdogan, according to the authors of a report by a watchdog group.
Polish diplomat in Istanbul rescued hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust, report says Wojciech Rychlewicz gave documents attesting that refugees trying to flee Europe were Catholics “born into a Catholic family,” prompting other countries to provide visas.