The Jewish community celebrated August 30 Victory Day in a synagogue in Büyükada, the largest of Istanbul's Prince Islands.

In a video released on social media outlets, the Jewish community is seen singing the Izmir March and cheering during a service at the Hesed le Avraam Synagogue.

The community reportedly gathered on the occasion of Turkey's Victory Day.

The Jewish community in Turkey is mostly descendants of Sephardic Jews that took shelter in the Ottoman Empire after fleeing Spain centuries ago. Their numbers mainly concentrated in Istanbul nowadays, dwindled with a pogrom decades ago and after migration to Israel.

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