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Middle East

Erdogan’s Latest Rant

If nothing else, Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is consistent. On Aug. 3, in his latest anti-Israel rant since the war in the Gaza Strip erupted, he compared Israel to Hitler and accused Israel of deliberately killing Palestinian mothers. Speaking to supporters at a rally in Istanbul about a week before the Aug. 10 […]

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Travel

Turkey’s Unique Museum

It’s a one-of-a-kind museum, Turkey’s first and only one devoted exclusively to all things Jewish. Opened 13 years ago to mark the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire, the Jewish Museum in Istanbul is a unique institution in Turkey. More than a decade on, the museum’s focus is still […]