Mayor Synagogue (Istanbul)

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Mayor Synagogue (right)

The Mayor Synagogue ( Mayor Sinagogu in Turkish ) is a former synagogue in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu in Istanbul ( Turkey ).

According to the historian Lorans Tanatar Baruh, the synagogue was built in the Byzantine period and was called Maior ( Latin for greater ) because it was the largest in the district. Other sources, however, say that the synagogue was built by Jews from Mallorca 300 to 500 years ago . According to the historian Jak Deleon, there was still a Mayorka synagogue in Hasköy in the 1950s.

The synagogue is now used as a storage area, workshop house and billiard hall. In September 2009 the artist Serge Spitzer used the site for his installation work of art Molecular Istanbul .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted in Jak Deleon: Ancient Districts on the Golden Horn: Balat, Hasköy, Fener, Ayvansaray . Istanbul n.d., p. 68.
  2. ↑ Ahsen Utku: Contemporary artist Serge Spitzer creates art out of ruins. In: Today's Zaman , September 19, 2009 [1] .
  3. ↑ Deleon, p. 68.
  4. ↑ Müge Akgün: City gains new art center with 'Molecular Istanbul. In: Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review , September 8, 2009 [2] .