Middle Eastern Studies, cilt.44, ss.511-525, 2008 (SSCI)
The foundation of the state of Israel attracted masses
of Jewish immigrants from all over the world. Turkey’s Jews joined in these
waves of migration and there remained only a small minority community in
today’s Turkey. The migratory flow of Jews from Turkey to Israel resulted in
the formation of a distinct immigrant community in Israel – namely the Turkish
Jews – who has maintained their cultural ties with the home country