In Edirne, on our way to the Selimiye Mosque, we stopped at a small house in a poor neighborhood largely inhabited by Gypsies.

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The Selimiye Mosque, in Edirne, a city in northwest Turkey, is a magnificent stone edifice, with four minarets and an austere, octagonal-shaped body supporting a large dome.

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Sultan Yildirim Bayezid, for instance, recognizing us as a potential national asset, invited Jews persecuted by King Charles VI into the empire to be resettled in Edirne and the Balkans.

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Three round tables will take place in Edirne.

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