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Constantinopolitan Karaites

Constantinopolitan Karaites
Καραΐτες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey80[1]
 Israelunknown
Languages
Karæo-Greek, Hebrew, Turkish language
Religion
Karaite Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Karaites, Romaniotes, Jews
Logo on the letterheaded papers of the Karaite community in Constantinople (1880)

The Constantinopolitan Karaites or Greco-Karaites are a Karaite community with a specific historical development and a distinct cultural, linguistic, and literary heritage stemming from their residency in the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. There are numerous commonalities between the community and the Rabbinical Romaniote Jews.[2]

View on the Karaite Synagogue of Istanbul
  1. ^ "Istanbul Karaylari". Istanbul Enstitüsü Dergisi. 3: 97–102. 1957.
  2. ^ Bowman, S. The Jews of Byzantium 1204-1453. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1985.

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