Hanukkah

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Hanuka nedir, ne demek? Hanukkah bayramı hakkında bilgiler

Hanuka veya Işıklar Bayramı Seleukos İmparatorluğu'nun elindeki Kudüs'ün (Yeruşalim) MÖ 200'lerde Yahudiler tarafından geri alınmasının şerefine 2200 yıldır kutlanan bir Yahudi bayramıdır. İşte, hanuka bayramının tarihi ve kutlanış biçimi hakkında detaylar

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Yeni Yılı Farklı Kültürler ve Ülkeler Nasıl Kutluyor?

Yıl içinde farklı birçok ülkede dini inançları, ulusal gelenekleri ve özel kültürel tarihleri ​​kutlamak amacıyla çeşitli festivaller düzenlenir. Aralık ayında ise en yaygın olan kutlama noeldir. Dünya çapında insanlar farklı bir şekilde veya farklı niyetlerle kutlarlar. Gelin Aralık ayında kutlanan farklı bayram ve özel günlere bakalım...

AK Partili vekilden İsrail 'açılımı'

Türkiye ile İsrail arasında ilişkilerin gergin olduğu bir dönemde AKPM Başkanı, AK Parti Antalya milletvekili Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Paris'te Yahudilerin dini bayramına katılarak mum yaktı.

History behind the Christmas tree

ISTANBUL - The Christmas tree morphed into a New Year’s tree in Turkey. In fact an overwhelmingly large proportion of the population are Muslims and don’t celebrate Christmas. So it became a New Year’s tree instead. The New Year is widely accepted and celebrated in Turkey and is an official holiday.

Happy Hanukkah

Today marks the first day of the Jewish Hanukkah Ğ well more specifically the first candle was lit last night at sunset but this doesn’t detract from our narrative Ğ and as we at the Daily News have dedicated column inches to this month’s Islamic and Christian celebrations here in Turkey, it is only fitting we pay mention to Turkey’s significant, yet often under-reported Jewish community, which over the next eight days will honor the consecration of the Second Temple of Jerusalem.

Light festival ’Hanukkah,’eight-day Jewish holiday

ISTANBUL - The eight-day Jewish holiday ’Hanukkah,’ meaning the Festival of Lights, is celebrated this week. It features the lighting of a special candelabrum which has eight branches. One candle is added each night of the holiday.

Arinc: Happy Hanukkah

Turkish parliamentary speaker Bulent Arinc issued a statement on Hanukkah wishing all Jewish citizens across the world a festive day: ''The Hanukkah Festival (Festival of Lights) is one celebrated by our Jewish citizens for thousands of years. Religious festivals are special days. No matter what the religion is, every festival must be celebrated in peace, brotherhood, love, tolerance and support of each other. I join in the celebrations of our Jewish citizens on the occasion of Hanukkah.''

Sezer celebrates Hanukkah Day of Jewish citizens

Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Saturday celebrated Hakukkah Day of Jewish citizens. Presidential Press Center issued a statement and said Sezer in his message celebrated Hakukkah Day of Turkish Jewish community. “The next period in which the three big religions will celebrate their religious festivities, creates an opportunity to emphasize feelings of brotherhood and solidarity rooted in history,” Sezer's message said.