Turkey marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a ceremony held in Ankara with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Yıldırım Tugrul Turkes, Head of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Turkey Committee Ambassador Aylin Tashan, and the president of the Turkish Jewish Community Ishak Ibrahimzadeh. Turkey marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 th with a ceremony held in the capital, Ankara. Deputy Prime Minister Yıldırım Tugrul Turkes represented the government at the ceremony held at Ankara University with the attendance of Jewish community leader Ishak Ibrahimzadeh and prominent members of Turkish Jewish community and foreign diplomats including Israel’s Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Na’eh and United States Ambassador to Turkey John Bass. During the ceremony, chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Turkey Rav Mendy Chitrik and his son Chaim Chitrik performed Eli Ata and a Holocaust documentary was screened.