H.Siren Bora graduated from the History Department OF the Faculty of Arts at Ege University, born in Izmir, Turkey in 1962. From 1985 to 1988 she taught at Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution Institute, Ege University. She received her M.A. degree at Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution Institute, Dokuz EylÜl University. She received a scholarship which allowed her to stay in Israel from 1990 to 1993 where she took Hebrew classes offered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1993 she received her Ph.D on the History of Jews in Izmir at Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution Institute, Dokuz Eylul University. At present she is doing research and the publishing articles and books on the history of Jews in Izmir and its surroundings.
Books Published:
The History of Jews in Izmir ( 1908-1923) (İstanbul: Gözlem, 1995). (In Turkish).
Karatas Hospital and Jewish traces its Surroundings ( Izmir: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality – APİKAM, 2015). (In Turkish).
Chief Rabbi Hayim Palaçi (1788-1868) and the Jews of Izmir ( Izmir: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality – APIKAM, 2016). (In Turkish).
