The Jewish Museum of Turkey

The 500. Yıl Vakfı Türk Musevileri Müzesi, or the Jewish Museum of Turkey, tells a very specific story: the 500th anniversary of Sephardic Jewish arrival in the Ottoman Empire, after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. That anniversary is the heart of the museum’s name, and it frames the whole collection around memory, migration, and survival. Inside, the focus is on the Jewish communities of Turkey, with their religious traditions, daily life, and long presence in Ottoman and modern Turkish history. The museum also reflects how deeply Sephardic culture shaped the cities of the empire after 1492, when many families brought language, craft, music, and ritual with them across the Mediterranean. The museum’s Turkish name, 500. …

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