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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Turkey | Jewish History

"Turkish Jews feeling the heat
The Gaza flotilla raids made life a lot harder for Jews in Turkey.

By Nichole Sobecki
Published: June 20, 2010 09:55 ET in Europe
Istanbul street graffiti
Locals pass by anti-Israel graffiti in the Istanbul neighborhood of Galata. As city squares across Turkey filled with irate activists protesting Israel's recent attack on the Mavi Marmara, Turkey’s Jews quietly shut their doors and kept their heads down. (Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost) Click to enlarge photo

ISTANBUL, Turkey — At the end of a narrow alley, in a neighborhood dominated by hardware stores, a white sign marked “Museum” in simple block letters indicates that you have found the Jewish Museum of Turkey."

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