The former synagogue closed after the last remaining members of Gaziantep's Jewish population left the city in the 1970s and was in a state of disrepair.

Through the collaboration between the Jewish community in Turkey and the government, the synagogue was restored in 2012.

In December 2019 a Hanukkah celebration with 200 people was held.

[2][3][4] The synagogue is a two-story, stone building large enough to accommodate several hundred worshippers.

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