Vandals destroyed three dozen gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Istanbul, according to the Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation.
“Our Hasköy cemetery was [broken into] at midnight and 36 of our gravestones were destroyed,” the Turkish Jewish Community announced on Twitter.
“The matter has been forwarded to the relevant authorities with all pictures and night footage and we expect the perpetrators of this vandalism to be caught as soon as possible.”
The government condemned the incident by a spokesman for Turkey’s president, Turkish Jewish news site Salom reported .
“The relevant authorities have taken measures to track down the perpetrators. We will never allow those who attack sacred values and try to spread chaos and hostility in our society,” the spokesman said.