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Tracing Jewish culture and history in Istanbul’s Kuzguncuk

Located in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, the neighborhood of Kuzguncuk has long been populated by the city’s Jewish community, though shrinking in number in recent years. The neighborhood is literally sacred for Jews, as for over five centuries its Jewish cemetery on Nakkaştepe has been the resting place of buried pilgrims …

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