Turkish Jews in Israel

Turkish Jews in Israel
Total population
100,000-150,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Avital, Burgata, Geva Carmel, Givat Nili, Gvulot, HaGoshrim, Nahsholim, Tal Shahar, Yehud-Monosson
Languages
Hebrew (Main language for all generations);
Older generation: Turkish, Ladino
Religion
Judaism
A group of new immigrants from Turkey arriving at Kibbutz Maabarot in 1943

Turkish Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Turkish Jewish communities, who now reside within the State of Israel. They number around 100,000-150,000.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Toktaş, Şule (2006). "Turkey's Jews and Their Immigration to Israel". Middle Eastern Studies. 42 (3): 505–519. doi:10.1080/00263200500521479. ISSN 0026-3206. JSTOR 4284466.
  2. ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics - Estimated numbers of Turkish born Jews in Israel Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)

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