Alternate names: Edirne [Tur], Odrin [Bulg, Slav, Mac], Hadrianopolis [Lat], Adrianoupolis [Gr], Adrianopoli [Gr], Adrinople [Fr, Eng], Adrianople [Rus], Adrianopel [Yid], Drinápoly [Hun], Drinopol [Cz], Jedrene [Serb], Hadrianople, Ederné. 41°40' N, 26°34' E, in NW Turkey, near borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Lived there include
- Caleb Afendopolo (before 1430-1499), Jewish polyhistor
- Abraham ben Raphael Caro, 18th century Ottoman rabbis
- Joseph Halévy (1827-1917),Ottoman born Jewish-French Orientalist and traveller
The formerly very large and prosperous Jewish community has dwindled to only a few families, who use one grand but aging synagogue.
History of Edirne Jewish Community [December 2014]
Ethnic Cleansing of Jews in Turkey [December 2014]
"Jewish wedding tweeted from Turkey draws anti-Semitism clamor" [June 2016]
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YouTube [June 2016]