Mayor Synagogue (Bursa)

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Mayor Synagogue (1996)

The Mayor Synagogue or Synagogue Mejor ( Turkish Mayor Sinagoğu ) is a Sephardic synagogue of Orthodox Judaism on Arap-Şükrü-Straße in the Turkish city ​​of Bursa .

The synagogue was founded by Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after they were driven from Mallorca by the Alhambra Edict . The current building was built in the 15th century or in the late 16th century.

The Mayor Synagogue was in constant use as a place of worship until 1975 when it was closed due to financial difficulties. Researchers who visited the synagogue in 1996 found it abandoned, abandoned and in a ruined state. According to the Turkish government, however, the building is still used for special events and the washing of the dead .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bursa Çevre ve Orman İl Müdürlüğü (Bursa Environmental and Forestry Provincial Directorship). Çevre Durum Raporu 07 (State of the Environment Report 07). 2007. URL: http://www.bursacevreorman.gov.tr/pdf/2007cevdurap.pdf ( memento of October 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , page 145. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  2. ^ Joel A. Zack & Devon Jarvis. Synagogue Mejor, Late 16th Century, Bursa . 1996. URL: http://digital.cjh.org/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=131903¤t_base=GEN01 , accessed October 6, 2009.
  3. ↑ Bursa Çevre ve Orman İl Müdürlüğü, page 145.
  4. ^ Zack & Jarvis.
  5. ^ Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture & Tourism. Religious Monuments and Tombs . 2005. URL: http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D31395FB1C5180B6EBD656515916B329A1F1 , accessed October 6, 2009.

Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′ 45.2 ″  N , 29 ° 5 ′ 30.5 ″  E