Jewish Sites of Istanbul

Ilan Karmi

1992

Istanbul has been blessed with a unique geography. It is for this reason that a neighborhood appearing no larger than a pin on the map will reveal itself as a sprawling snarl of intricate lanes and hilly terrain. Adding to this the difficulty of finding many a historical site, it is accordingly recommended to plan one’s itinerary with a good…

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Ilan Karmi

1958–1993

Born in Holon, Israel, Ilan Karmi grew up in Israel and attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, where he wrote a master’s thesis on the status of non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. At the time of his untimely death, he was living in Thessaloniki, where he studied the history and architecture of Balkan Jews.

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