Ankaran synagogue

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The Ankara Synagogue ( Turkish Ankara Yahudi Sinagogu ) is a place of worship of the Jewish community of Ankara, which has existed since the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus . It offers space for a few hundred believers and is the only remaining synagogue in the city.

The once Romaniotic , now Sephardic synagogue, which has been in use for 750 years, stands on Anafartalar Street and was rebuilt in 1840 after the collapse of the three existing synagogues and renovated in 1843. In 1892 a school for girls and boys was built next to the synagogue, but these no longer exist as a result of the construction of the Ankara-Istanbul railway. In 1907 the synagogue was restored by an Italian architect. Until the 1970s, the synagogue served as a place of worship without any problems , but after that, with the departure of many Jews from the city, even Sabbath services could hardly be held. None of the 35 Jewish families in Ankara live near the synagogue anymore. On October 14, 1972, the synagogue was registered as a “first-degree urban site”. Nevertheless, many of the painted glasses and windows were broken in 1992, and part of the ornate ceiling was torn down.

The synagogue is a one-story stone building without a dome and has a high walled courtyard. A front spoiler with a pointed arch for the entrance is located in the middle between the large arched windows. There is a fountain with an old Hebrew marble inscription on the site. The interior has a rectangular floor plan, in the middle there is a catheter raised by two steps on a rectangular set with wooden railings on the edge. There are rows of wooden seats on three sides of the podium. Opposite the podium is a beautifully decorated canopy supported by four columns . In the middle of the hand-decorated 500 square meter ceiling is a hexagonal ceiling bracket above the podium. The roof is tiled in Turkish style.

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  1. ↑ sinagog (Musevi Cemiyeti). (No longer available online.) Ankara İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü, archived from the original on August 19, 2014 ; Retrieved August 18, 2014 (Turkish).
  2. ↑ a b c Ersin Alok, Emili Mitrani: Anatolian Synagogues . 1992, ISBN 975-95634-0-1 , pp. 20–45 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ↑ Efsaneden Tarihe Ankara Yahudileri , Beki L. Bahar, 2003, ISBN 975-8434-54-3 , pp. 127-133.
  4. ↑ a b Havra (Yahudi Sinagogu). (No longer available online.) In: envanter.gov.tr. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; Retrieved May 28, 2016 (Turkish).

Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 32 ° 51 ′ 37.8 ″  E