“If you ask any Jewish person in Turkey for three things they wouldn’t want to lose in their lives, they will say: family, money and good Turkish-Israeli relations,” says Ivo Molinas, who for the past 12 years has served as editor-in- chief of Salom – a 75-year-old Jewish weekly newspaper based in Istanbul. “Good relations make life easier for Jewish people than the bad eras,” he adds. Turkish-Israeli relations have been tumultuous in recent decades and Molinas is one of thousands of Turkish Jews hoping last month’s resumption of full diplomatic ties between the two countries is a sign of better things to come. “Turkey’s approximately 15,000 Jews never want relations with Israel to go bad because Turkey is their home country and Israel is the country their heart is attached to,” he says. And with Ankara and Jerusalem now aiming to maintain better ties, Molinas hopes his team of approximately 100 writers – all of whom write for Salom on a voluntary basis – can educate the broader n...