Hasköy

Restoration works at the Historical Esgher Synagogue in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district will be finished soon. The historical building will serve as the Beyoğlu Municipality Hasköy Youth Center and National Library.

Zozo Toledo, 83, known as Turkey's first paparazzo and who has worked for Hürriyet daily for many years, has died in an Istanbul hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19.

The 83-year-old journalist, who was buried in the Hasköy Jewish Cemetery, photographed many famous names and Hollywood stars, including Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery.

The self-proclaimed "Robin Hood" of Istanbul, a mysterious person who likes to randomly distribute money to disadvantaged people, has surprised a mother in preparations for her son's wedding by sending a package of gifts.

A generous person who likes to randomly dispense money to locals in Istanbul's poor neighborhoods made his fourth appearance in a residential area of Roma people.

A group of people have been handing out thousands of Turkish Liras for almost a month to residents of Hasköy, a quarter on the northern bank of the Golden Horn in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district, on behalf of an anonymous man.