Ashkenazi Synagogue

Aşkenaz Sinagogu, also known in English as the Ashkenazi Synagogue, belongs to Istanbul’s Ashkenazi Jewish community and was opened in 1900. It is one of the few surviving Ashkenazi prayer houses in the city, which is why its presence feels so specific here: this part of Istanbul once drew merchants, bankers, and families from Central and Eastern Europe, and they brought their own language, customs, and liturgy with them. The synagogue’s name itself points to that history. “Ashkenazi” refers to the Jewish communities of Europe, and this building preserves that strand of the city’s multicultural past alongside the Ottoman-era streets around it. …

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