Sahib ve Bas Muharriri ILYAZER MENDA LA VERA LUZ 'True Light' - "Weekly Jewish -Turkish political Newspaper" - Volume of issues. Owner and Editor-in-Chief Elazar Menda. A Jewish newspaper published in Turkey. On the title page of each issue, the verse is written in Hebrew: "כי עמך מקור חיים באורך נראה אור" and the purpose of the newspaper: "Haftalık Siyasi Türkçe Musevice Gazete". Spanish, Turkish, and a little Hebrew. The newspaper was published once every two weeks. Before us 88 consecutive issues that have been published for three years - November 7, 1957 - June 29, 1961.
The newspaper which began publishing in November 1950 regularly dealt with the internal affairs of the Jewish community in Turkey, Jewish Holydays, relations between the various Jewish communities, and relations between Jews and other peoples in Turkey and abroad, Politics in Israel, Hebrew poetry and literature and more. The editorial was regularly written by owner Elazar Menda, and among the authors were Moshe Levy, Belman, and Isak Missistrano. Many lawyers, well-known doctors and writers also wrote in it. The newspaper is accompanied by many advertisements of Jewish business owners in Turkey, kosher restaurants, advertisements of Israeli companies such as El-Al, and more. In every issue that came out ahead of a Jewish holiday, it was written in large letters in Hebrew letters: "Moadim LeSimcha". In some of the sheets, Turkish stamps were pasted on the title page.
Large format: 49 cm. general condition very good.
