The new homeland of the majority of Spanish Jews who refused to accept Christianity in 1492 was the Ottoman Empire.

Unable to bring their possessions and money with them when they left Spain

Perhaps the most precious treasures of the Jews were the flavor of the food their mothers cooked (Sephardic Cuisine) and their mother tongue (Ladino).

The bitter-sour taste that the expulsion from their country left on the palates of the Jews

and found its place in another culture familiar with the same taste. In the Ottoman and Jewish culinary tradition, both the use of sour

The use of sugar is quite common. Turkish and Spanish cuisines also have a rich variety of savory pastries.

Sephardic cuisine has developed by taking the recipes of two cultures and adding its own characteristics.

Prepared and Presented by: İvet Acu Güney

2-Monkeys, Potatoes and the Berlin Opera House

Presentation by Renan Koen and Moris Levi

 “In these stories, Moris Levi sometimes shines a spotlight on an episode of a months-long war that can fit in just a few hours, sometimes he focuses on a few minutes of a long scientific or political life, sometimes he tweezes the necessity or coincidence behind a discovery or an invention, and sometimes he generates tsunamis in the reader's brain with dialogues that put the stone on the spot. While doing all this, he distills and distills those dry historical events to such an extent that when he puts them into writing, the stories do not become pure, on the contrary, they acquire a new taste, a new color, a new timbre, a new smell, and thus familiar people and familiar events appear before us with brand new identities.” YUSUF ALTINTAŞ