Memorial Plate Turkish Temple

In Zirkusgasse 22 in the second district was located until 1938 the main seat of the Sephardic-Turkish community in Vienna, with a synagogue that was completed in 1887. It was set on fire and destroyed by National Socialists during the pogrom night of November 9th to 10th, 1938. Later, a municipal residential building was constructed at the site. On September 13th, 2017, the housing mayor Michael Ludwig, H.E. Ambassador Mehmet Ferden Çarıkçı as representative of the Republic of Turkey, the president of the Israelite Cultural Community in Vienna, Oskar Deutsch, and the former president of the Turkish-Jewish community in Turkey, Silvyo Ovadya, unveiled a new memorial plaque on the façade of the building.