Constantinopolitan Karaites

Constantinopolitan Karaites
Καραΐτες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Regions with significant populations
Turkey	80
Israel	unknown
Languages
	Karæo-Greek, Hebrew, Turkish language
Religion
	Karaite Judaism
Related ethnic groups
	Karaites, Romaniotes, Jews

The Constantinopolitan Karaites or Greco-Karaites are a Karaite community with a specific historical development and a distinct cultural, linguistic, and literary heritage stemming from their residency in the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. There are numerous commonalities between the community and the Rabbinical Romaniote Jews.^[2]

^ "Istanbul Karaylari". Istanbul Enstitüsü Dergisi. 3: 97–102. 1957.
^ Bowman, S. The Jews of Byzantium 1204-1453. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1985.

[1] "Istanbul Karaylari". Istanbul Enstitüsü Dergisi. 3: 97–102. 1957.

[2] Bowman, S. The Jews of Byzantium 1204-1453. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1985.

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Καραΐτες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Regions with significant populations
Turkey	80^[1]
Israel	unknown
Languages
Karæo-Greek, Hebrew, Turkish language
Religion
Karaite Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Karaites, Romaniotes, Jews