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Inseparable Part of Milas

The sign for Jewish Cemetery. (Photo by Nevzat Tufekci)

By Nevzat Çağlar Tüfekçi -
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Although it is widely known that Jews lived in Milas, an ancient city in southwestern Turkey, part of Muğla Province and it was the ancient capital of Caria and of the Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Menteşe, the territory of Milas district contains a remarkable twenty-seven archaeological sites. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the history of Jews in the region is older.

October 10, 2009
Published in Reports

Jews of Salonica and the Jewish Cemetery

A tomb at Selanica Hortaci Mosque.

By Neval Konuk
Jews had no more than a walk-on role in the story of modern Greece’s appearance on the international stage. Even as late as 1912, Jews made up the largest ethnic group in Salonica, Greece; and, Saturdays, which is the day of Shabbat, used to be a holiday on the pier. A few Jews were wealthy businessmen; however, many others were porters, tailors, street vendors, beggars, fishers, and workers in the tobacco business. The marks remaining from those days to our times are the gravestones with inscribed with Hebrew writing, which are scattered around.

October 6, 2009
Published in Reports

Oldest Dwellers of Bursa: Jews

By Raif Kaplanoğlu
Although it is written in numerous sources that Jews had come to and settled in Istanbul and Bursa after being expelled from Spain during the reign of Ferdinard V, it is also indicated in several documents that Sultan Orhan, the second chief of the nascent Ottoman Empire, donated a channel of water to the Jew-house.

October 5, 2009
Published in Reports

Turkey Moves Up In World Steel Industry

The Turkish iron and steel industry is one of the biggest sectors when considering production, export and employment. The Turkish steel industry has shown a stable growth trend since 2001. Turkey’s crude steel production capacity reached around 34.1 million tons in 2008, up by 72% from 19.8 million tons in 2000.