NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21:Turkish Ambassador to the US Hasan Murat Mercan (R) and the members of the Jewish Community, light up a 19th-century menorah candle during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur speaks during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur speaks during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur speaks during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur (L) meets Israeli Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir (R) during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Ambassador to the US Hasan Murat Mercan speaks during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Visitors are seen during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Ambassador to the US Hasan Murat Mercan speaks during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Ambassador to the US Hasan Murat Mercan (R), Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur (2nd L) and the Israeli Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir (L) light up a 19th-century menorah candle during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Members of the Jewish Community light up the 19th-century menorah candles during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: Turkish Consul General in New York Reyhan Ozgur (R) and the Israeli Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir (C) light up a 19th-century menorah candle during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
NEW YORK, USA - DECEMBER 21: A 19th-century menorah candle is seen during an event to mark Hanukkah, Festival of Light, celebrated in the Turkish House for the first time by Turkish Jews in the US, also known as the Sephardic Jews, in New York, USA on December 21, 2022. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )