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IYT HITAHDUT THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWS FROM TURKEY IN ISRAEL Founded almost 70 years ago,The Association of Jews from Turkey in Israel is an organisation which represents olim(immigrants)from Turkey living in Israel.Nearly 80.000 Jews born in Turkey and their children live in Israel today. As the only group in Israel familiar with the Turkish language and culture,this Association has the following objectives: As a means to achieve all its objectives, the Association publishes a bi-monthly newsletter,Bulten,in Turkish,Ladino and Hebrew, and maintains an informative Website in Turkish, with ongoing preparations for its Hebrew and English versions. The Website (www.turkisrael.org) informs visitors on activities in Israel,
 * To help the integration into Israeli life of Turkish olim (nearly 200 olim in the last few years, but thousands since 1948) and try to meet their particular needs.
 * To assist in maintaining good relations between the State of Israel and the Republic of Turkey,being convinced of the particular importance of Turkey to the State of Israel.
 * To promote knowledge about and positive attitudes toward the State of Israel in Turkey, and the Republic of Turkey in Israel.
 * To support, encourage, and develop economic, cultural, and touristic initiatives and cooperation between Turkey and Israel, and to that end, to bring factual information on Israel to the Turkish Media and policy makers, mainly by means of a specific website created by members of the Association in Turkish.
 * To maintain the culture, traditions, and folklore of Sephardic Jews from Turkey, including their Judeo-Spanish(Ladino) language, and at the same time to keep alive their knowledge of Turkish language and culture. In this context,this Association supports the Ladino Authority of Israel, has published a Turkish-Hebrew Dictionary, as well as a comprehensive translation of the works of Yunus Emre(The Turkish classical poet and philosopher)from Turkish into Hebrew.
 * To give financial support to successful University and College students of Turkish Jewish origin living in Israel.