Arkadaş Association is an Israel-Turkey friendship organization in
Yehud-Monosson
Yehud-Monosson () is a city formed by the joint municipality of the town of Yehud and the neighboring communal settlement of Neve Monosson in central Israel. In the city had a population of .
History
Within a local authority merger program initi ...
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Israel
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. Arkadaş (pronounced ''Arkadash'') means "friend" in Turkish.
History
Arkadaş Association was founded in 1997 by Eyal Peretz. Its main goals are to preserve
Turkish Jewish heritage and promote friendship and tolerance between Israel and Turkey. In 2005, the association established a Turkish Jewish cultural center in Yehud.
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monument
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Atatürk in the garden of Arkadaş Association was dedicated on November 2, 2007 in a ceremony attended by the Turkish ambassador to Israel,
Namık Tan
Namık Tan (born 1956 in Mardin, Turkey) is a Turkish former diplomat and politician from the Republican People's Party. He was the ambassador of Turkey to the United States. He held that office from February 2010 until May 2014. He was a former ...
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The organization has over 4,000 members since its inception, about 40 volunteers to run its vast operations and its twelve branches throughout the country.
See also
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History of the Jews in Turkey
The history of the Jews in Turkey ( or ; ; () covers the 2400 years that Jews have lived in what is now Turkey.
There have been Jewish communities in Anatolia since at least the beginning of the common era. Anatolia's Jewish population befo ...
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Turkish Jews in Israel
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.
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Turkey-Israel relations
References
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Israel–Turkey relations
Turkish-Jewish culture in Israel
Turkish diaspora organizations
Turkish communities outside Turkey