TÜRKİYE’NİN DOĞU YAHUDİLERİ ÜZERİNE ETNOGRAFİK BİR ALAN ARAŞTIRMASI
AN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK ON EASTERN JEWS OF TURKEY

Summary/Abstract: The presence of Jews in Anatolia date back ancient times. Jewish communities such as Karaite, Romaniot, Ashkenazim and Sephardim lived in Anatolia throughout the history. After they were sent from Spain, Sephardim became the dominant Jewish community among the other Jewish groups as a result of the migration waves. Jews were dispersed to different parts of the Ottoman State but especially concentrated in western regions such as Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa and Edirne. Most of the scientific researches and studies were mainly on Jewish communities living in the western regions. However, there were also Jews lived in the eastern part of the Ottoman State and todays Turkey. Especially they were living in the cities of Gaziantep, Urfa and Siverek, Diyarbakir, Çermik, Mardin, Nusaybin, Cizre, Başkale and Van.

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