The Jewish Community of Turkey

National Network
Türkiye
Address

Tunel, Yemenici Street 21, 34430 Beyoglu
Istanbul/
Turkey

Telephone
+90 212 293 87 94
Telephone (other)
+902164252484
Fax
+90 212 244 19 80
E-Mail
filiba@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
info@musevicemaati.com
Website
http://www.musevicemaati.com
Organisation Type
Other
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
The Jewish Community of Turkey is de facto organized under the umbrella of the office of the Chief Rabbinate of Turkey. It is not an association or foundation but a well established internal leadership system dating from the Ottoman period. The community central body needs are covered with donations from members with the budget near 4M USD and comprises of extending support for Jewish education, support community organizations extend security assistance and maintain a body of Jewish religious and secular personnel for all community and other minor extras.
Mission and Objectives

The Jewish Community central body maintains official local and international relations on behalf of community; extends extra support to institutions such as the Jewish School in Istanbul and other youth based organizations whose budgets need extra assistance, makes sure that a basically harmonious system is maintained within community institutions, assists them with legal issues, maintains religious staff and core central staff and last but not least acts as the central authority of Turkish jewry extending help to Jewish Communities in cities other than Istanbul as well.

Main Projects / Activities

This body is the central source of co-organizations and creating informal partnerships with other Jewish Community institutions such as synagogues, the Shalom newspaper, the Jewish school for envisioned projects. European Jewish Culture Day, the Kara Kare Holocaust Films week, classical music concerts for the community in large, educational and or social & cultural organizations are originally planned and coordinated and/or actually worked on within this body.

Contact (1) Full Name
Lina Filiba
Head of the organisation
Sami Herman
Contact (2) Full Name
Ibrahim Betil